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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 空穴来风
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 空穴来风 | kōng xué lái fēng | - lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) - fig. unfounded (story) - baseless (claim) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 34,659 | 35,562 | 30,200 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 空 | kōng | - empty - air - sky - in vain |
| 空 | kòng | - to empty - vacant - unoccupied - space - leisure - free time |
| 穴 | xué | - cave - cavity - hole - acupuncture point - Taiwan pr. [xue4] |
| 来 | 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]) |
| 风 | fēng | - wind - news - style - custom - manner - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] |
Other Words Containing 空穴来风
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 空穴来风 | - | - | 34,659 | 35,562 | 30,200 |