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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 歪打正着

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
歪打正着 wāi dǎ zhèng zháo - to succeed by a lucky stroke

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
- - 42,354 68,735 49,083

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
歪 wāi- askew
- at a crooked angle
- devious
- noxious
- (coll.) to lie on one's side
歪 wǎi- to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)
打 dá- (loanword) dozen
- Taiwan pr. [da3]
打 dǎ- to beat
- to strike
- to hit
- to break
- to type
- to mix up
- to build
- to fight
- to fetch
- to make
- to tie up
- to issue
- to shoot
- to calculate
- to play (a game)
- since
- from
正 zhēng- first month of the lunar year
正 zhèng- straight
- upright
- proper
- main
- principal
- to correct
- to rectify
- exactly
- just (at that time)
- right (in that place)
- (math.) positive
着 zhāo- a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])
- trick; tactic
- (dialect) okay; all right
- (dialect) to put in; to add
着 zháo- to touch
- to come in contact with
- to feel
- to be affected by
- to catch fire
- to burn
- (coll.) to fall asleep
- (after a verb) hitting the mark
- succeeding in
着 zhe- aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
着 zhuó- to wear (clothes)
- to contact
- to use
- to apply

Other Words Containing 歪打正着

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
歪打正着 - - 42,354 68,735 49,083