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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 花里胡哨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
花里胡哨 huā li hú shào - gaudy
- flashy (but without substance)

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
- - 35,585 70,549 45,468

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huā- surname Hua
huā- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
huā- variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
- blossom
- also pr. [wei3]
- Li (surname)
- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- variant of 裡|里[li3]
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]
- surname Hu
- non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
- reckless
- outrageous
- what?
- why?
- to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
- see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- beard
- mustache
- whiskers
shào- a whistle
- sentry

Other Words Containing 花里胡哨

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
花里胡哨 - - 35,585 70,549 45,468