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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 闲话

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
闲话 xián huà - casual conversation
- chat
- gossip
- to talk about (whatever comes to mind)

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
6 - 14,225 29,055 22,490

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xián- enclosure
- (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
xián- idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
huà- dialect
- language
- spoken words
- speech
- talk
- words
- conversation
- what sb said
- CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
huà- old variant of 話|话[hua4]

Other Words Containing 闲话

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
闲话 6 - 14,225 29,055 22,490
说闲话 - 9 19,615 63,389 47,788