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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 无头苍蝇

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
无头苍蝇 wú tóu cāng ying - headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)

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
- - - 80,312 53,528

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
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]
tou- suffix for nouns
cāng- surname Cang
cāng- dark blue
- deep green
- ash-gray
yíng- fly
- musca
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 无头苍蝇

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