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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 行云流水
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 行云流水 | xíng yún liú shuǐ | - lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) - fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc - natural and unforced |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 35,392 | 38,100 | 28,061 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 行 | 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 |
| 行 | héng | - used in 道行[dao4heng2] |
| 行 | 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 |
| 云 | yún | - (classical) to say |
| 云 | yún | - surname Yun - abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3] |
| 云 | yún | - cloud - CL:朵[duo3] |
| 流 | liú | - to flow - to disseminate - to circulate or spread - to move or drift - to degenerate - to banish or send into exile - stream of water or sth resembling one - class, rate or grade |
| 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 |
Other Words Containing 行云流水
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 行云流水 | - | - | 35,392 | 38,100 | 28,061 |