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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 改头换面
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 改头换面 | gǎi tóu huàn miàn | - to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) - (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably - to undergo a transformation |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 11,204 | 33,551 | 36,932 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 改 | gǎi | - to change - to alter - to transform - to correct |
| 头 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 头 | tou | - suffix for nouns |
| 换 | huàn | - to exchange - to change (clothes etc) - to substitute - to switch - to convert (currency) |
| 面 | miàn | - face - side - surface - aspect - top - classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 | miàn | - variant of 麵|面[mian4] |
| 面 | miàn | - flour - noodles - (of food) soft (not crunchy) - (slang) (of a person) ineffectual - spineless |
Other Words Containing 改头换面
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 改头换面 | - | - | 11,204 | 33,551 | 36,932 |