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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 颐指气使
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 颐指气使 | yí zhǐ qì shǐ | - lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture - arrogant and bossy |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 27,784 | 64,415 | 52,871 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 颐 | yí | - (literary) chin; jaw - (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect |
| 指 | zhǐ | - finger - to point at or to - to indicate or refer to - to depend on - to count on - (of hair) to stand on end |
| 气 | qì | - gas; air - smell - weather - to make angry; to annoy; to get angry - vital energy; qi |
| 使 | shǐ | - to make - to cause - to enable - to use - to employ - to send - to instruct sb to do sth - envoy - messenger |
Other Words Containing 颐指气使
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 颐指气使 | - | - | 27,784 | 64,415 | 52,871 |