tián
adjective #37,380

Meanings

  1. 1 quiet
  2. 2 calm
  3. 3 tranquil
  4. 4 peaceful (literary)

Examples

Tā xiào de hěn tián.
Her smile is serene.
Tiándàn de shēnghuó shì tā de zhuīqiú.
A quiet, simple life is what he seeks.

Tips

register
is literary and rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. You will see it almost exclusively in compounds: (tiánjìng, quiet/peaceful), (tiándàn, indifferent to fame), 不知 (tián bù zhī chǐ, brazen — literally calmly unaware of shame). Note the (heart) radical — the calm is internal.

Stroke Order

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