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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 拐弯抹角
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 拐弯抹角 | guǎi wān mò jiǎo | - lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) - fig. to speak in a roundabout way - to equivocate - to beat about the bush |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 15,382 | 45,156 | 26,625 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 拐 | guǎi | - to turn (a corner etc) - to kidnap - to swindle - to misappropriate - seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]) - variant of 枴|拐[guai3] |
| 拐 | guǎi | - cane - walking stick - crutch - old man's staff |
| 拐 | guǎi | - variant of 枴|拐[guai3] |
| 弯 | wān | - to bend - bent - a bend; a turn (in a road etc) - CL:道[dao4] |
| 抹 | mā | - to wipe |
| 抹 | mǒ | - to smear - to wipe - to erase - classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc |
| 抹 | mò | - to plaster - to go around - to skirt |
| 角 | jué | - surname Jue |
| 角 | jiǎo | - angle - corner - horn - horn-shaped - unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 角 | jué | - role (theater) - to compete - ancient three legged wine vessel - third note of pentatonic scale |
Other Words Containing 拐弯抹角
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 拐弯抹角 | - | - | 15,382 | 45,156 | 26,625 |