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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 暗喻

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
暗喻 àn yù - metaphor

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
- - 21,551 68,559 48,574

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
àn- dark
- to turn dark
- secret; hidden
- (literary) confused; ignorant
àn- variant of 暗[an4]
àn- (literary) to close (a door)
- to eclipse
- confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4])
- dark (variant of 暗[an4])
- surname Yu
- to describe sth as
- an analogy
- a simile
- a metaphor
- an allegory

Other Words Containing 暗喻

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
暗喻 - - 21,551 68,559 48,574