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Definition(s) for: 约定俗成

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
约定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng - established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement
- customary convention

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
- 9 64,791 41,503 52,895

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yāo- to weigh in a balance or on a scale
yuē- to make an appointment
- to invite
- approximately
- pact
- treaty
- to economize
- to restrict
- to reduce (a fraction)
- concise
dìng- to fix; to set; to make definite
- to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
- to congeal; to coagulate
- (literary) definitely
- custom
- convention
- popular
- common
- coarse
- vulgar
- secular
chéng- surname Cheng
- short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1]
chéng- to succeed
- to finish
- to complete
- to accomplish
- to become
- to turn into
- to be all right
- OK!
- one tenth

Other Words Containing 约定俗成

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
约定俗成 - 9 64,791 41,503 52,895