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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 拍案叫绝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
拍案叫绝 pāi àn jiào jué - lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
- amazing!
- great!

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
- - 54,806 62,621 50,048

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
pāi- to pat
- to clap
- to slap
- to swat
- to take (a photo)
- to shoot (a film)
- racket (sports)
- beat (music)
àn- (legal) case
- incident
- record
- file
- table
jiào- to shout
- to call
- to order
- to ask
- to be called
- by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
jiào- variant of 叫[jiao4]
jué- to cut short
- extinct
- to disappear
- to vanish
- absolutely
- by no means
jué- variant of 絕|绝[jue2]

Other Words Containing 拍案叫绝

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
拍案叫绝 - - 54,806 62,621 50,048