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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 暗地里

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
暗地里 àn dì li - secretly; inwardly; on the sly

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
- 8 13,481 27,365 29,435

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])
de- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]
- Li (surname)
- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- variant of 裡|里[li3]
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]

Other Words Containing 暗地里

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
暗地里 - 8 13,481 27,365 29,435