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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 洗耳恭听

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
洗耳恭听 xǐ ěr gōng tīng - to listen with respectful attention
- (a polite request to sb to speak)
- we are all ears

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
- - 10,009 59,321 45,096

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to wash; to bathe
- to develop (photographs)
- to shuffle (cards etc)
- to erase (a recording)
ěr- ear
- handle (archaeology)
- and that is all (Classical Chinese)
gōng- respectful
yǐn- smile (archaic)
tīng- to listen to; to hear
- to heed; to obey
- a can (loanword from English "tin")
- classifier for canned beverages
- to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])

Other Words Containing 洗耳恭听

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
洗耳恭听 - - 10,009 59,321 45,096