安静安靜 ānjìng — quiet, still
ānjìng (first tone, high and level)an1jing4
Traditional: 安靜
quiet, still
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)adjective
Meanings
quiet, still
Free of noise — of a place, a room, a moment. Said to a person it is an instruction: 安静一下 asks a class or a table to settle down.
adjective
Example sentences
- 图书馆里很安静。圖書館裡很安靜。Túshūguǎn (second tone, rising) lǐ (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) ānjìng. (first tone, high and level)···
It’s very quiet in the library.
- 请安静一下，老师要开始上课了。請安靜一下，老師要開始上課了。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) ānjìng (first tone, high and level) yíxià, (second tone, rising) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) yào (fourth tone, falling) kāishǐ (first tone, high and level) shàngkè (fourth tone, falling) le. (neutral tone)···
Quiet, please — the teacher is about to start the lesson.
Common mistakes
Not quite这个地方很静。
Correct这个地方很安静。
静 is a bound syllable in modern Chinese: it lives inside words but cannot stand alone as a predicate. The free adjective is 安静.