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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 青云直上
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 青云直上 | qīng yún zhí shàng | - rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post - meteoric career |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 50,242 | 96,389 | 88,115 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 青 | qīng | - abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province |
| 青 | qīng | - green - blue - black - youth - young (of people) |
| 云 | yún | - (classical) to say |
| 云 | yún | - surname Yun - abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3] |
| 云 | yún | - cloud - CL:朵[duo3] |
| 直 | zhí | - surname Zhi - Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God |
| 直 | zhí | - straight - to straighten - fair and reasonable - frank - straightforward - (indicates continuing motion or action) - vertical - vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters |
| 上 | shǎng | - used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 上 | shàng | - (bound form) up; upper; above; previous - first (of multiple parts) - to climb; to get onto; to go up - to attend (class or university) - (directional complement) up - (noun suffix) on; above |
Other Words Containing 青云直上
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 青云直上 | - | - | 50,242 | 96,389 | 88,115 |