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闲
閑
xián
1. to stay idle
2. to be unoccupied
3. not busy
4. leisure
5. enclosure
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

闲
xián
fence, guard; to defend; idle time
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

休闲
xiūxián
leisure
HSK 5
偷闲
tōuxián
to snatch a moment of leisure
偷闲
tōuxián
to snatch a moment of leisure
冬闲
dōngxián
slack winter season (farming)
安闲
ānxián
at one's ease
安闲
ānxián
peaceful and carefree
帮闲
bāngxián
to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
悠闲
yōuxián
variant of [[悠閒|悠闲]]
悠闲
yōuxián
ease
消闲
xiāoxián
to spend one's leisure time
清闲
qīngxián
idle
空闲
kòngxián
idle
HSK 5
等闲
děngxián
ordinary
闲事
xiánshì
other people's business
闲人
xiánrén
variant of [[閒人|闲人<xiánrén>]]
闲侃
xiánkǎn
to chat idly
闲冗
xiánrǒng
officials with light duties
闲在
xiánzai
at leisure
闲坐
xiánzuò
to sit around
闲居
xiánjū
to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement

Alternate Entries

闲
xián
variant of [[閑|闲]], idle / unoccupied / leisure / free time

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,528
Word Frequency Rank
2,440 of 84,292

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