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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 此起彼伏
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 此起彼伏 | cǐ qǐ bǐ fú | - up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession - no sooner one subsides, the next arises - repeating continuously - occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 47,728 | 18,542 | 18,981 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 此 | cǐ | - this; these |
| 起 | qǐ | - to rise - to raise - to get up - to set out - to start - to appear - to launch - to initiate (action) - to draft - to establish - to get (from a depot or counter) - verb suffix, to start - starting from (a time, place, price etc) - classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance - classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 彼 | bǐ | - that - those - (one) another |
| 伏 | fú | - surname Fu |
| 伏 | fú | - to lean over - to fall (go down) - to hide (in ambush) - to conceal oneself - to lie low - hottest days of summer - to submit - to concede defeat - to overcome - to subdue - volt |
Other Words Containing 此起彼伏
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 此起彼伏 | - | 9 | 47,728 | 18,542 | 18,981 |