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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 拖泥带水
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 拖泥带水 | tuō ní - dài shuǐ | - (idiom) muddy and wet - (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 33,229 | 43,974 | 26,652 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 拖 | tuō | - to drag - to tow - to trail - to hang down - to mop (the floor) - to delay - to drag on |
| 拖 | tuō | - variant of 拖[tuo1] |
| 泥 | ní | - mud - clay - paste - pulp |
| 泥 | nì | - restrained |
| 带 | dài | - band - belt - girdle - ribbon - tire - area - zone - region - CL:條|条[tiao2] - to wear - to carry - to take along - to bear (i.e. to have) - to lead - to bring - to look after - to raise |
| 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 |
Other Words Containing 拖泥带水
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 拖泥带水 | - | - | 33,229 | 43,974 | 26,652 |