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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 横空出世
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 横空出世 | héng kōng chū shì | - (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 45,006 | 30,841 | 26,059 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 横 | héng | - horizontal - across - crosswise - horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) - to place (sth) flat (on a surface) - to cross (a river, etc) - in a jumble - chaotic - (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable - violent |
| 横 | hèng | - harsh and unreasonable - unexpected |
| 空 | kōng | - empty - air - sky - in vain |
| 空 | kòng | - to empty - vacant - unoccupied - space - leisure - free time |
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 世 | shì | - surname Shi |
| 世 | shì | - life - age - generation - era - world - lifetime - epoch - descendant - noble |
Other Words Containing 横空出世
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 横空出世 | - | - | 45,006 | 30,841 | 26,059 |