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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 秀色可餐

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān - a feast for the eyes (idiom)
- (of women) gorgeous
- graceful
- (of scenery) beautiful

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
- - - 56,507 27,799

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiù- (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
- (bound form) superior; excellent
- (loanword) show
- (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
cān- meal
- to eat
- classifier for meals

Other Words Containing 秀色可餐

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