(ān jìng) - quiet, calm, peaceful in Mandarin

ānjìng

Traditional: 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huán境jìng。

She likes a quiet environment.

。

You must keep quiet in the library.

镇zhèn。

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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This word is part of lesson 17.