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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 食言

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
食言 shí yán - to break one's promise

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
- - 11,815 39,240 26,222

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk

Other Words Containing 食言

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
食言 - - 11,815 39,240 26,222
食言而肥 - - 61,644 - 100,882