adjective #16,292

Meanings

  1. 1 harmony
  2. 2 pleased
  3. 3 joyful

Examples

Xīnkuàngshényí.
Carefree and relaxed. (Idiom)
Zhèlǐ de fēngjǐng lìngrén xīnkuàngshényí.
The scenery here makes one feel carefree and relaxed.

Tips

usage
rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It appears in set phrases like 心旷神怡 and 怡然自得, and is extremely popular in Chinese given names (e.g. 章子怡, ) conveying happiness and harmony.

Components

radical
xīn
heart (left-side form)
is the heart radical in left-side form. It tags as a feeling word, grouping it with (happy), 怀 (cherish), and (pleased) — all states of the inner heart.
phonetic
tái
platform; terrace
supplies the reading, shifting from tái to yí along an old palatal initial. The same phonetic family includes (govern), (begin), and (lift), all hovering around the y- and t- syllables that share an ancient root.

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