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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 骇人听闻
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 骇人听闻 | hài rén tīng wén | - shocking - horrifying - atrocious - terrible |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 20,346 | 36,651 | 35,073 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 骇 | hài | - to astonish - to startle - to hack (computing, loanword) |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 听 | yǐn | - smile (archaic) |
| 听 | tīng | - to listen to; to hear - to heed; to obey - a can (loanword from English "tin") - classifier for canned beverages - to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) - (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) |
| 闻 | wén | - surname Wen |
| 闻 | wén | - to hear - news - well-known - famous - reputation - fame - to smell - to sniff at |
Other Words Containing 骇人听闻
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 骇人听闻 | - | 9 | 20,346 | 36,651 | 35,073 |