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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 饥寒交迫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò - beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
- starving and freezing
- in desperate poverty

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
- - 32,623 47,219 26,467

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (bound form) hungry
- variant of 飢|饥[ji1]
hán- cold
- poor
- to tremble
jiāo- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
- to make friends
- (of lines) to intersect
- variant of 跤[jiao1]
pǎi- used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3ji1pao4]
- to force
- to compel
- to approach or go towards
- urgent
- pressing
- variant of 迫[po4]
- to persecute
- to oppress
- embarrassed

Other Words Containing 饥寒交迫

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
饥寒交迫 - - 32,623 47,219 26,467