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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 扬长

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
扬长 yáng cháng - with swagger
- ostentatiously
- to make the best use of one's strengths

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
- - - 74,548 86,336

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yáng- abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2zhou1] in Jiangsu
- surname Yang
yáng- to raise
- to hoist
- the action of tossing or winnowing
- scattering (in the wind)
- to flutter
- to propagate
yáng- variant of 揚|扬[yang2]
cháng- length
- long
- forever
- always
- constantly
zhǎng- chief
- head
- elder
- to grow
- to develop
- to increase
- to enhance

Other Words Containing 扬长

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
扬长而去 - - 30,731 30,341 37,480
扬长避短 - - 50,746 31,975 37,961