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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 耿耿于怀

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
耿耿于怀 gěng gěng yú huái - to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding

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
- - 12,961 25,358 18,680

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gěng- surname Geng
gěng- (literary) bright; brilliant
- honest; upright
gěng- surname Geng
gěng- (literary) bright; brilliant
- honest; upright
- surname Yu
- to go
- to take
- sentence-final interrogative particle
- variant of 於|于[yu2]
- (of time or place) in; at; on
- (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
- (indicating a source) from; out of
- (used in comparison) than
- (used in the passive voice) by
怀 huái- surname Huai
怀 huái- bosom
- heart
- mind
- to think of
- to harbor in one's mind
- to conceive (a child)

Other Words Containing 耿耿于怀

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
耿耿于怀 - - 12,961 25,358 18,680