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Definition(s) for: 点头哈腰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
点头哈腰 diǎn tóu hā yāo - to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
- unctuous fawning

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
- - 50,710 61,756 48,516

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
点 diǎn- point
- dot
- drop
- speck
- o'clock
- point (in space or time)
- to draw a dot
- to check on a list
- to choose
- to order (food in a restaurant)
- to touch briefly
- to hint
- to light
- to ignite
- to pour a liquid drop by drop
- (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1]
- dot stroke in Chinese characters
- classifier for items
头 tóu- head
- hair style
- the top
- end
- beginning or end
- a stub
- remnant
- chief
- boss
- side
- aspect
- first
- leading
- classifier for pigs or livestock
- CL:個|个[ge4]
头 tou- suffix for nouns
哈 hā- abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Ha1sa4ke4si1tan3], Kazakhstan
- abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1er3bin1], Harbin
哈 hā- (interj.) ha!
- (onom. for laughter)
- (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
- (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1shi4qi2])
哈 hǎ- a Pekinese; a pug
- (dialect) to scold
腰 yāo- the waist and lower back
- (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
- the waist of trousers or a skirt
- (metonym) money pouch; pocket
- (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

Other Words Containing 点头哈腰

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
点头哈腰 - - 50,710 61,756 48,516