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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 难能可贵

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
难能可贵 nán néng kě guì - rare and precious
- valuable
- remarkable

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 - 41,173 23,781 25,232

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold
néng- surname Neng
néng- can
- to be able to
- might possibly
- ability
- (physics) energy
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
guì- abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4zhou1]
guì- expensive
- (bound form) highly valued; precious
- (bound form) noble; of high rank
- (prefix) (honorific) your

Other Words Containing 难能可贵

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
难能可贵 6 - 41,173 23,781 25,232