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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 阿谀奉承

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
阿谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng - flattering and fawning (idiom)
- sweet-talking

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
- - 22,882 66,501 42,843

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
Ā- abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1er3ji2li4ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1fu4han4] etc
ā- prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
- used in transliteration
- also pr. [a4]
ē- (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- to flatter
fèng- to offer (tribute)
- to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc)
- to esteem
- to revere
- to believe in (a religion)
- to wait upon
- to accept orders (from superior)
chéng- surname Cheng
- Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
chéng- to bear
- to carry
- to hold
- to continue
- to undertake
- to take charge
- owing to
- due to
- to receive

Other Words Containing 阿谀奉承

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
阿谀奉承 - - 22,882 66,501 42,843