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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 汗颜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
汗颜 hàn yán - to blush with shame (literary)

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
- - 35,366 26,315 14,859

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hán- see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]
hàn- perspiration
- sweat
- CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]
- to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
yán- surname Yan
yán- color
- face
- countenance
yán- Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

Other Words Containing 汗颜

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
汗颜 - - 35,366 26,315 14,859