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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 鸟枪换炮
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 鸟枪换炮 | niǎo qiāng huàn pào | - bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 67,382 | 98,860 | 73,592 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 鸟 | diǎo | - variant of 屌[diao3] - penis |
| 鸟 | niǎo | - bird - CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] - "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) - (dialect) to pay attention to - (intensifier) damned - goddamn |
| 枪 | qiāng | - surname Qiang |
| 枪 | qiāng | - gun - firearm - rifle - spear - thing with shape or function similar to a gun - CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] - to substitute for another person in a test - to knock - classifier for rifle shots |
| 枪 | qiāng | - variant of 槍|枪[qiang1] - rifle - spear |
| 换 | huàn | - to exchange - to change (clothes etc) - to substitute - to switch - to convert (currency) |
| 炮 | bāo | - to sauté - to fry - to dry by heating |
| 炮 | páo | - to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan) |
| 炮 | pào | - cannon - CL:座[zuo4] - firecracker |
| 炮 | pào | - variant of 炮[pao4] |
Other Words Containing 鸟枪换炮
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鸟枪换炮 | - | - | 67,382 | 98,860 | 73,592 |