闲

Enclosure in Chinese: 闲 (xián)

xián

enclosure

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 閑1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1enclosure
  2. 2(variant of 闲) idle
  3. 3unoccupied
  4. 4leisure

Stroke order

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闲

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄢˊ

xián

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

闲

Simplified

閑

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我周末在家闲着没事做。

    wǒ zhōu mò zài jiā xián zhe méi shì zuò。

    On weekends I sit idle at home with nothing to do.

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Related words

空闲

kòng xián

idle

休闲

xiū xián

leisure

悠闲

yōu xián

variant of 悠闲

说闲话

shuō xián huà

to chat

显

xiǎn

to make visible

现有

xiàn yǒu

currently existing

现状

xiàn zhuàng

current situation

线索

xiàn suǒ

trail

献

xiàn

to offer

乡

xiāng

country or countryside

乡村

xiāng cūn

rustic

相等

xiāng děng

equal

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