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Definition(s) for: 青梅竹马

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
青梅竹马 qīng méi zhú mǎ - lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
- fig. innocent children's games
- childhood sweethearts
- a couple who grew up as childhood friends

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
- - 21,206 32,115 19,644

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
qīng- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
méi- surname Mei
méi- plum
- plum flower
- Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
méi- variant of 梅[mei2]
méi- old variant of 梅[mei2]
zhú- bamboo
- CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]
- Kangxi radical 118
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess

Other Words Containing 青梅竹马

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
青梅竹马 - - 21,206 32,115 19,644