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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 潜台词

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
潜台词 qián tái cí - unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext
- (fig.) implicit assertion

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
- - 25,568 41,880 28,280

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qián- hidden
- secret
- latent
- to hide
- to conceal
- to submerge
- to dive
tái- Taiwan (abbr.)
- surname Tai
tái- (classical) you (in letters)
- variant of 臺|台[tai2]
tái- desk; table; counter
tái- Taiwan (abbr.)
tái- platform
- stage
- terrace
- stand
- support
- station
- broadcasting station
- classifier for vehicles or machines
tái- typhoon
- old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
- word
- statement; speech; lyrics
- a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])

Other Words Containing 潜台词

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
潜台词 - - 25,568 41,880 28,280