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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 殊不知

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
殊不知 shū bù zhī - little imagined
- scarcely realized

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
- - 51,789 19,429 13,445

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
殊 shū- (literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass
- (bound form) different
- (bound form) special; remarkable
- (literary) very; extremely
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
知 zhī- to know
- to be aware

Other Words Containing 殊不知

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
殊不知 - - 51,789 19,429 13,445