嫻靜

See also: 娴静

Chinese

		elegant; refined	still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving
trad. (嫻靜)		嫻	靜
simp. (娴静)		娴	静

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánjìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-ching⁴
    • Yale: syán-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanjinq
    • Palladius: сяньцзин (sjanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Adjective

嫻靜

1. gentle and refined; demure

Synonyms

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• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

Antonyms

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• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)