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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 石沉大海
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 石沉大海 | shí chén dà hǎi | - lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) - fig. to elicit no response |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 98,075 | 50,902 | 40,954 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 石 | shí | - surname Shi - abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2jia1zhuang1], the capital of Hebei |
| 石 | dàn | - dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters - ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 | shí | - rock - stone - stone inscription - one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
| 沉 | chén | - to submerge - to immerse - to sink - to keep down - to lower - to drop - deep - profound - heavy |
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
| 海 | hǎi | - surname Hai |
| 海 | hǎi | - ocean - sea - CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] - great number of people or things - (dialect) numerous |
Other Words Containing 石沉大海
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 石沉大海 | - | - | 98,075 | 50,902 | 40,954 |