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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 萍水相逢
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 萍水相逢 | píng shuǐ xiāng féng | - strangers coming together by chance (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 40,906 | 56,457 | 31,403 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 萍 | píng | - duckweed |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 相 | xiāng | - surname Xiang |
| 相 | xiāng | - each other - one another - mutually - fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3]) |
| 相 | xiàng | - appearance - portrait - picture - government minister - (physics) phase - (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) - to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 逢 | féng | - to meet by chance - to come across - (of a calendar event) to come along - (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) - to fawn upon |
Other Words Containing 萍水相逢
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 萍水相逢 | - | 9 | 40,906 | 56,457 | 31,403 |