清
qīng HSK2

clear

清 qīng
distinct adjective
clear; distinct; easy to see or understand

我清楚地回忆起我们的谈话。

wǒ qīng chǔ de huí​yì qǐ wǒ​men de tán​huà.

I clearly remember our conversation.

to clear up verb
to clear up; to settle accounts; to clean up; to purge; to count or inventory

我们把发电机房清出来了。

wǒ​men bǎ fā​diàn​jī fáng qīng chū​lai le.

We cleared out the generator room.

clear adjective
clear; transparent; pure; clean and free of impurities

见过那么清的水吗？

jiàn guo nà​me qīng de shuǐ ma?

Have you ever seen such clear water?

clearly particle
[used as a resultative complement] clearly; fully; thoroughly

对不起，我没听清你的名字。

duì​bu​qǐ, wǒ méi tīng qīng nǐ de míng​zi.

I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.

谁能说清不同点？

shéi néng shuō qīng bù​tóng diǎn?

Who can tell the difference?

honest adjectivenoun
honest and upright; just; uncorrupted
simple adjective
simple; unmixed; without additives; plain

他又点了一杯清咖啡作为借口。

tā yòu diǎn le yī bēi qīng kā​fēi zuò​wéi jiè kǒu.

He ordered another cup of black coffee as an excuse.

quiet
quiet; peaceful; lonely; tranquil
Qing (dynasty)
the Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Qing (surname)
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
335th most common 660.0 per million
Movie subtitles
337th most common 462.4 per million appears in 88% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
84.9 per million appears in 31% of films
Written text
130.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6E05

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)