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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 臭名昭著

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
臭名昭著 chòu míng zhāo zhù - notorious
- infamous
- egregious (bandits)

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
- - 11,498 40,000 42,566

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chòu- stench
- smelly
- to smell (bad)
- repulsive
- loathsome
- terrible
- bad
- severely
- ruthlessly
- dud (ammunition)
xiù- sense of smell
- smell bad
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
zhāo- bright
- clear
- manifest
- to show clearly
zhāo- a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])
- trick; tactic
- (dialect) okay; all right
- (dialect) to put in; to add
zháo- to touch
- to come in contact with
- to feel
- to be affected by
- to catch fire
- to burn
- (coll.) to fall asleep
- (after a verb) hitting the mark
- succeeding in
zhe- aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
zhuó- to wear (clothes)
- to contact
- to use
- to apply
zhù- to make known
- to show
- to prove
- to write
- book
- outstanding

Other Words Containing 臭名昭著

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
臭名昭著 - - 11,498 40,000 42,566