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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 无病呻吟
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 无病呻吟 | wú bìng - shēn yín | - (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 50,092 | 23,738 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 病 | bìng | - illness - CL:場|场[chang2] - disease - to fall ill - defect |
| 呻 | shēn | - (literary) to recite; to chant; to intone - (bound form) groan |
| 吟 | yín | - to chant; to recite - verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) - (literary) to lament; to groan - (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects - (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato) |
| 吟 | yín | - old variant of 吟[yin2] |
Other Words Containing 无病呻吟
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 |
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