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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 首当其冲

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
首当其冲 shǒu dāng qí chōng - to bear the brunt

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
- - 33,364 24,165 38,046

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
dāng- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
dāng- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
dàng- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)
- his
- her
- its
- their
- that
- such
- it (refers to sth preceding it)
chōng- (of water) to dash against
- to mix with water
- to infuse
- to rinse
- to flush
- to develop (a film)
- to rise in the air
- to clash
- to collide with
chōng- thoroughfare
- to go straight ahead
- to rush
- to clash
chòng- powerful
- vigorous
- pungent
- towards
- in view of

Other Words Containing 首当其冲

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
首当其冲 - - 33,364 24,165 38,046