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Definition(s) for: 方兴未艾

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi aì - flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
- still growing strong
- on the up

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
- - - 33,084 67,265

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fāng- surname Fang
fāng- square
- power or involution (math.)
- upright
- honest
- fair and square
- direction
- side
- party (to a contract, dispute etc)
- place
- method
- prescription (medicine)
- just when
- only or just
- classifier for square things
- abbr. for square or cubic meter
xīng- surname Xing
xīng- to rise
- to flourish
- to become popular
- to start
- to encourage
- to get up
- (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
- maybe (dialect)
xìng- feeling or desire to do sth
- interest in sth
- excitement
wèi- not yet
- did not
- have not
- not
- 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
- ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- surname Ai
- Chinese mugwort or wormwood
- moxa
- to stop or cut short
- phonetic "ai" or "i"
- abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
- variant of 刈[yi4]
- variant of 乂[yi4]

Other Words Containing 方兴未艾

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo