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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 昂首

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
昂首 áng shǒu - head high
- in high spirits
- to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)

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
- - 37,939 31,031 28,132

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
昂 áng- to lift
- to raise
- to raise one's head
- high
- high spirits
- soaring
- expensive
首 shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc

Other Words Containing 昂首

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
昂首阔步 - - 24,636 63,780 59,763
昂首挺胸 - - 35,315 52,236 34,036
昂首 - - 37,939 31,031 28,132