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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 灰溜溜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
灰溜溜 huī liū liū - dull gray
- gloomy
- dejected
- crestfallen
- with one's tail between one's legs

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
- - 34,212 41,606 33,200

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huī- ash
- dust
- lime
- gray
- discouraged; dejected
liū- to slip away
- to escape in stealth
- to skate
liù- swift current; rapids
- (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy
- (bound form) rain runoff from a roof
- (bound form) roof gutter
- classifier for rows, lines etc
- surroundings; neighborhood
- (dialect) to practice
- (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
liū- to slip away
- to escape in stealth
- to skate
liù- swift current; rapids
- (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy
- (bound form) rain runoff from a roof
- (bound form) roof gutter
- classifier for rows, lines etc
- surroundings; neighborhood
- (dialect) to practice
- (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)

Other Words Containing 灰溜溜

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
灰溜溜 - - 34,212 41,606 33,200