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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 长话短说
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 长话短说 | cháng huà - duǎn shuō | - (idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 8,272 | 80,367 | 60,961 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 长 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
| 话 | huà | - dialect - language - spoken words - speech - talk - words - conversation - what sb said - CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1] |
| 话 | huà | - old variant of 話|话[hua4] |
| 短 | duǎn | - short - brief - to lack - weak point - fault |
| 说 | shuì | - to persuade |
| 说 | shuō | - to speak; to talk; to say - to explain; to comment - to scold; to tell off - (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说 | shuō | - variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
Other Words Containing 长话短说
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 长话短说 | - | - | 8,272 | 80,367 | 60,961 |