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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 自言自语

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
自言自语 zì yán - zì yǔ - (idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize

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
- 6 10,081 16,976 12,849

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (bound form) self; oneself
- from; since
- naturally; as a matter of course
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
- (bound form) self; oneself
- from; since
- naturally; as a matter of course
- dialect
- language
- speech
- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

Other Words Containing 自言自语

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
自言自语 - 6 10,081 16,976 12,849