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Definition(s) for: 翘首以待

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
翘首以待 qiáo shǒu yǐ dài - to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
- to anxiously await

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
- - 42,023 56,386 55,831

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiáo- outstanding
- to raise
qiào- to stick up
- to rise on one end
- to tilt
shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]
dāi- to stay; to remain
dài- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to

Other Words Containing 翘首以待

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
翘首以待 - - 42,023 56,386 55,831