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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 洗 | xǐ | - to wash; to bathe - to develop (photographs) - to shuffle (cards etc) - to erase (a recording) |
| 耳 | ěr | - ear - handle (archaeology) - and that is all (Classical Chinese) |
| 恭 | gōng | - respectful |
| 听 | yǐn | - smile (archaic) |
| 听 | 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 |