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Chinese Character/Word:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 青 | qīng | - abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province |
| 青 | qīng | - green - blue - black - youth - young (of people) |
| 梅 | méi | - surname Mei |
| 梅 | méi | - plum - plum flower - Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) |
| 梅 | méi | - variant of 梅[mei2] |
| 梅 | méi | - old variant of 梅[mei2] |
| 竹 | zhú | - bamboo - CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] - Kangxi radical 118 |
| 马 | mǎ | - surname Ma - abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4] |
| 马 | mǎ | - horse - CL:匹[pi3] - horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess - knight in Western chess |
Other Words Containing 青梅竹马
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 青梅竹马 | - | - | 21,206 | 32,115 | 19,644 |