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安静ān jìngquiet; peaceful; calm

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安静 (ān jìng) means "quiet," "peaceful," or "calm." It describes a place with little noise, as in 这里很安静 for it is quiet here. It can also describe a person who is calm and does not make noise. You can say 安静一点 to ask people to be a little quieter.

What does 安静 mean?

  1. 1.

    quiet; peaceful; calmadjective

What do the characters in 安静 mean?

  • 安(bound form) calm; peaceful
  • 静quiet

How do you use 安静?

安静 can describe places and people, and 请安静 can be used to ask a room to be quiet.

Patterns

  • Place + 很安静

    图书馆里很安静。

    Túshūguǎn lǐ hěn ānjìng.

    It is very quiet in the library.

  • 安静 + 的 + Noun

    我想住在一个安静的地方。

    Wǒ xiǎng zhù zài yí gè ānjìng de dìfang.

    I want to live in a quiet place.

What are some examples of 安静 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 3

    图书馆里很安静。

    Túshūguǎn lǐ hěn ānjìng.

    It is very quiet in the library.

  2. HSK 1

    请大家安静一点。

    Qǐng dàjiā ānjìng yìdiǎn.

    Everyone, please be a little quieter.

  3. HSK 3

    我想住在一个安静的地方。

    Wǒ xiǎng zhù zài yí gè ānjìng de dìfang.

    I want to live in a quiet place.

How is 安静 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你为什么每天去图书馆学习？

    Nǐ wèishénme měi tiān qù túshūguǎn xuéxí?

    Why do you go to the library to study every day?

  2. Speaker B:

    我家旁边在盖楼，太吵了。

    Wǒ jiā pángbiān zài gài lóu, tài chǎo le.

    They are putting up a building next to my home. It is too noisy.

  3. Speaker A:

    图书馆安静吗？

    Túshūguǎn ānjìng ma?

    Is the library quiet?

  4. Speaker B:

    很安静，而且那里有很多书。

    Hěn ānjìng, érqiě nàlǐ yǒu hěn duō shū.

    Very quiet, and there are lots of books there too.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.