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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 跑龙套

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
跑龙套 pǎo lóng tào - to play a small role

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 23,184 49,601 26,562

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
páo- (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
pǎo- to run
- to run away
- to escape
- to run around (on errands etc)
- (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
- (verb complement) away
- off
lóng- surname Long
lóng- Chinese dragon; loong
- (fig.) emperor
- dragon
- (bound form) dinosaur
tào- to cover
- to encase
- cover
- sheath
- to overlap
- to interleave
- to model after
- to copy
- formula
- harness
- loop of rope
- (fig.) to fish for
- to obtain slyly
- classifier for sets, collections
- bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
- tau (Greek letter Ττ)

Other Words Containing 跑龙套

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
跑龙套 - 9 23,184 49,601 26,562