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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 游刃有余

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
游刃有余 yóu rèn yǒu yú - handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily

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
- - 22,923 25,439 24,308

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yóu- surname You
yóu- to swim
- variant of 遊|游[you2]
yóu- to walk
- to tour
- to roam
- to travel
rèn- edge of blade
yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
- surname Yu
- (literary) I; me
- variant of 餘|余[yu2]
- extra
- surplus
- remaining
- remainder after division
- (following numerical value) or more
- in excess of (some number)
- residue (math.)
- after
- I
- me

Other Words Containing 游刃有余

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
游刃有余 - - 22,923 25,439 24,308