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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 聊备一格

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
聊备一格 liáo bèi yī gé - to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal

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
- - - - 84,708

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
liáo- (coll.) to chat
- (literary) temporarily; for a while
- (literary) somewhat; slightly
- (literary) to depend upon
bèi- variant of 備|备[bei4]
bèi- (bound form) to prepare; to equip
- (literary) fully; completely
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- square
- frame
- rule
- (legal) case
- style
- character
- standard
- pattern
- (grammar) case
- (classical) to obstruct
- to hinder
- (classical) to arrive
- to come
- (classical) to investigate
- to study exhaustively

Other Words Containing 聊备一格

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo