Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified

idle/unoccupied/leisure

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 5

Pinyin

xián

Bopomofo

ㄒㄧㄢˊ

Jyutping

haan4

Example sentences

他週末一有閑,就去河邊散步。
他周末一有闲,就去河边散步。

As soon as he has free time on weekends, he goes for a walk by the river.

Example Vocabulary

休閑

悠閑

xian2

leisure; free time; idle or quiet; classical senses include fence, stable, norm, and to guard against

休閑褲

休閑鞋

偷閑

安閑

清閑

吃閑飯

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