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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 而言

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
而言 ér yán - (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...

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
- - 1,787 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk

Other Words Containing 而言

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
而言 - - 1,787 - -
总而言之 6 8 13,426 26,218 26,315
简而言之 - - 18,689 - -
相对而言 - 9 28,719 - -
一般而言 - - 38,181 22,996 37,431