Calm in Chinese
calm · HSK 3
安静
- 安 safe
- 静 still
图书馆里很安静。 It's very quiet in the library.
Other ways to say calm
More words with 安 or 静
How do you say calm in Chinese?
Calm in Chinese is 安静 (ān jìng). You can also say 冷静 (lěng jìng), 静 (jìng), 平静 (píng jìng), 平 (píng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.