(ān jìng) - quiet, calm, peaceful in Mandarin
ānjìngTraditional: 安靜
HSK 3
#824 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
quiet, calm, peaceful
Word origin
A two-character word: 安 'peaceful, calm' (a woman 女 under a roof 宀, suggesting safety at home) plus 静 'still, quiet' (a phono-semantic compound with 青 qīng as phonetic). Together they mean quiet and peaceful.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 安 (peaceful) + 静 (quiet)
Stroke order
安
静
Examples
。
Please keep quiet.
。
The library is very quiet.
环境。
She likes a quiet environment.
。
You must keep quiet in the library.
镇。
This small town is very peaceful.
安静 (ān jìng) means quiet, calm, peaceful. It is used as an adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.
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