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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 敢为人先
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 敢为人先 | gǎn wéi rén xiān | - to dare to be first - to pioneer (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 73,133 | 53,581 | 61,715 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 敢 | gǎn | - to dare - daring - (polite) may I venture |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 先 | xiān | - beforehand; first; earlier - at first; originally - for the time being; for now - (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
Other Words Containing 敢为人先
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 敢为人先 | - | - | 73,133 | 53,581 | 61,715 |