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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 耸人听闻
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 耸人听闻 | sǒng rén tīng wén | - to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 24,445 | 43,147 | 44,210 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 耸 | sǒng | - to excite - to raise up - to shrug - high - lofty - towering |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 听 | yǐn | - smile (archaic) |
| 听 | tīng | - to listen to; to hear - to heed; to obey - a can (loanword from English "tin") - classifier for canned beverages - to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) - (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) |
| 闻 | wén | - surname Wen |
| 闻 | wén | - to hear - news - well-known - famous - reputation - fame - to smell - to sniff at |
Other Words Containing 耸人听闻
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 耸人听闻 | - | - | 24,445 | 43,147 | 44,210 |