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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 温文尔雅

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
温文尔雅 wēn wén ěr yǎ - cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated

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
- - 30,107 36,012 30,277

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wēn- surname Wen
wēn- warm; lukewarm
- to warm up
- (bound form) temperature
- (bound form) mild; soft; tender
- to review (a lesson etc)
- (TCM) fever
- epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1])
wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67
ěr- variant of 爾|尔[er3]
ěr- thus
- so
- like that
- you
- thou
- elegant

Other Words Containing 温文尔雅

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
温文尔雅 - - 30,107 36,012 30,277