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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 行不通

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
行不通 xíng bu tōng - won't work
- will get (you) nowhere

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
- - 5,730 24,201 28,693

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
háng- (bound form) row; line
- (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
- (bound form) commercial firm
- (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- classifier for rows or lines
héng- used in 道行[dao4heng2]
xíng- (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
- (literary) trip; journey; visit
- (bound form) temporary; makeshift
- (bound form) current; in circulation
- (bound form) to do; to perform
- capable; competent
- all right; OK!; will do
- behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4])
- (literary) about to; soon
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
tōng- to go through
- to know well
- (suffix) expert
- to connect
- to communicate
- open
- to clear
- classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
tòng- classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

Other Words Containing 行不通

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
行不通 - - 5,730 24,201 28,693