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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 首屈一指

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ - to count as number one (idiom); second to none
- outstanding

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
- - 34,285 29,424 39,771

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
- surname Qu
- bent
- to feel wronged
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
zhǐ- finger
- to point at or to
- to indicate or refer to
- to depend on
- to count on
- (of hair) to stand on end

Other Words Containing 首屈一指

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
首屈一指 - - 34,285 29,424 39,771