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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 车水马龙
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 车水马龙 | chē shuǐ mǎ lóng | - endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) - heavy traffic |
List Ranking for: 车水马龙
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 58,589 | 35,005 | 27,216 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 车 | chē | - surname Che |
| 车 | chē | - car - vehicle - CL:輛|辆[liang4] - machine - to shape with a lathe - Kangxi radical 159 |
| 车 | jū | - war chariot (archaic) - rook (in Chinese chess) - rook (in chess) |
| 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 |
| 马 | mǎ | - surname Ma - abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4] |
| 马 | mǎ | - horse - CL:匹[pi3] - horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess - knight in Western chess |
| 龙 | lóng | - surname Long |
| 龙 | lóng | - Chinese dragon; loong - (fig.) emperor - dragon - (bound form) dinosaur |
Other Words Containing 车水马龙
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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 车水马龙 | - | - | 58,589 | 35,005 | 27,216 |