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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 杯水车薪
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 杯水车薪 | bēi shuǐ chē xīn | - lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,476 | 36,844 | 47,331 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 杯 | bēi | - cup - trophy cup - classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup |
| 杯 | bēi | - variant of 杯[bei1] |
| 杯 | bēi | - variant of 杯[bei1] - trophy cup - classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 车 | chē | - surname Che |
| 车 | chē | - car - vehicle - CL:輛|辆[liang4] - machine - to shape with a lathe - Kangxi radical 159 |
| 车 | jū | - war chariot (archaic) - rook (in Chinese chess) - rook (in chess) |
| 薪 | xīn | - (literary) firewood; fuel - (bound form) salary |
Other Words Containing 杯水车薪
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杯水车薪 | - | - | 39,476 | 36,844 | 47,331 |