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Definition(s) for: 谁知盘中餐

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 101,255 51,463

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shéi- who
- also pr. [shui2]
zhī- to know
- to be aware
pán- tray; plate; dish
- (finance) (bound form) market prices
- (computing) (bound form) disk
- to coil (a rope, pigtail etc)
- to check; to examine; to investigate
- to transfer; to sell (property)
- to shift; to move (sth big and heavy)
- classifier for things resembling a plate or dish
- classifier for coils
- classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
cān- meal
- to eat
- classifier for meals

Other Words Containing 谁知盘中餐

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