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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 打水漂
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 打水漂 | dǎ shuǐ piāo | - to skip stones (on water) - (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 56,582 | 38,439 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 打 | dá | - (loanword) dozen - Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 | dǎ | - to beat - to strike - to hit - to break - to type - to mix up - to build - to fight - to fetch - to make - to tie up - to issue - to shoot - to calculate - to play (a game) - since - from |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 漂 | piāo | - to float - to drift |
| 漂 | piǎo | - to bleach |
| 漂 | piào | - used in 漂亮[piao4liang5] |
Other Words Containing 打水漂
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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