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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 牛鬼蛇神
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 牛鬼蛇神 | niú guǐ shé shén | - evil monsters - (fig.) bad characters - (political) bad elements |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 70,021 | 37,361 | 37,793 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 牛 | niú | - surname Niu |
| 牛 | niú | - ox - cow - bull - CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] - newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) - (slang) awesome |
| 鬼 | guǐ | - disembodied spirit; ghost; devil - (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc - sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]) - one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy |
| 蛇 | shé | - snake - serpent - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 蛇 | yí | - used in 委蛇[wei1yi2] |
| 蛇 | shé | - variant of 蛇[she2] |
| 神 | shén | - God |
| 神 | shén | - god; deity - supernatural; magical; mysterious - spirit; mind; energy - lively; expressive - look; expression - (coll.) awesome; amazing |
Other Words Containing 牛鬼蛇神
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 牛鬼蛇神 | - | - | 70,021 | 37,361 | 37,793 |