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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 直截了当
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 直截了当 | zhí jié liǎo dàng | - direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt - straightforward |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 14,061 | 29,545 | 47,549 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 直 | zhí | - surname Zhi - Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God |
| 直 | zhí | - straight - to straighten - fair and reasonable - frank - straightforward - (indicates continuing motion or action) - vertical - vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters |
| 截 | jié | - to cut off (a length) - to stop - to intercept - section - chunk - length |
| 了 | le | - (completed action marker) - (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 | liǎo | - to finish - (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") - (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least - to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]) |
| 了 | liǎo | - (of eyes) bright - clear-sighted - to understand clearly |
| 了 | liào | - unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] |
| 当 | dāng | - (onom.) dong - ding dong (bell) |
| 当 | dāng | - to be - to act as - manage - withstand - when - during - ought - should - match equally - equal - same - obstruct - just at (a time or place) - on the spot - right - just at |
| 当 | dàng | - at or in the very same... - suitable - adequate - fitting - proper - to replace - to regard as - to think - to pawn - (coll.) to fail (a student) |
Other Words Containing 直截了当
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 直截了当 | - | - | 14,061 | 29,545 | 47,549 |