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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 洋相

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
洋相 yáng xiàng - social gaffe or blunder
- faux pas
- see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4]

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
- - 31,097 57,598 40,352

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yáng- ocean
- vast
- foreign
- silver dollar or coin
xiāng- surname Xiang
xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Other Words Containing 洋相

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
出洋相 6 9 24,782 77,295 55,331
洋相 - - 31,097 57,598 40,352