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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 闻名遐迩

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
闻名遐迩 wén míng - xiá ěr - (idiom) to be famous far and wide

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
- - 41,172 44,751 39,816

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wén- surname Wen
wén- to hear
- news
- well-known
- famous
- reputation
- fame
- to smell
- to sniff at
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
xiá- distant
- long-lasting
- to abandon
ěr- recently
- near
- close

Other Words Containing 闻名遐迩

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
闻名遐迩 - - 41,172 44,751 39,816