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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 熙来攘往

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
熙来攘往 xī lái rǎng wǎng - a place buzzing with activity (idiom)

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
- - - 88,947 84,707

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (used in names)
- (bound form) (literary) bright
- prosperous
- splendid
- genial
- variant of 熙[xi1]
lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
rǎng- (literary) to push up one's sleeves
- (literary) to reject; to resist
- (literary) to seize; to steal
- (literary) to perturb
- Taiwan pr. [rang2]
wǎng- to go (in a direction)
- to
- towards
- (of a train) bound for
- past
- previous
wǎng- old variant of 往[wang3]

Other Words Containing 熙来攘往

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo