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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 水涨船高
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 水涨船高 | shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo | - the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend - to develop according to the situation |
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 | 53,813 | 25,757 | 41,295 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 涨 | zhǎng | - to rise (of prices, rivers) |
| 涨 | zhàng | - to swell - to distend |
| 船 | chuán | - boat - vessel - ship - CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 船 | chuán | - variant of 船[chuan2] |
| 高 | gāo | - surname Gao |
| 高 | gāo | - high - tall - above average - loud - your (honorific) |
Other Words Containing 水涨船高
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 水涨船高 | - | 9 | 53,813 | 25,757 | 41,295 |