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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 触类旁通

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
触类旁通 chù lèi páng tōng - to comprehend (new things) by analogy

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
- - 58,210 70,364 71,527

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chù- to touch
- to make contact with sth
- to stir up sb's emotions
lèi- kind; type; class; category
- (classifier) kind; type
- (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
páng- one side
- other
- different
- lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
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 触类旁通

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
触类旁通 - - 58,210 70,364 71,527