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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 指手画脚
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 指手画脚 | zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo | - to gesticulate while talking (idiom) - to explain by waving one's hands - to criticize or give orders summarily |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 8 | 9,977 | 35,195 | 19,499 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 指 | zhǐ | - finger - to point at or to - to indicate or refer to - to depend on - to count on - (of hair) to stand on end |
| 手 | shǒu | - hand - (formal) to hold - person engaged in certain types of work - person skilled in certain types of work - personal(ly) - convenient - classifier for skill - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 画 | huà | - to draw; to paint - picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) - to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) - stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) - (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) |
| 脚 | jiǎo | - foot - leg (of an animal or an object) - base (of an object) - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] - classifier for kicks |
| 脚 | jué | - role (variant of 角[jue2]) |
Other Words Containing 指手画脚
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 指手画脚 | - | 8 | 9,977 | 35,195 | 19,499 |