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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 纸老虎

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
纸老虎 zhǐ lǎo hǔ - paper tiger

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
- - 40,513 37,890 32,820

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhǐ- variant of 紙|纸[zhi3]
zhǐ- paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2])
- classifier for documents, letters etc
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
- tiger
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 纸老虎

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
纸老虎 - - 40,513 37,890 32,820