"閑" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /haːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/, /haːn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: xián [Mandarin, Pinyin], xian² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], haan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xián [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sián [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsien² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syán [Mandarin, Yale], shyan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сянь [Mandarin, Palladius], sjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], haan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], hàahn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], haan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], han⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], hean [Middle-Chinese], /*[ɡ]ˤra[n]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡreːn/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: ,
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 閑
  1. fence; bar; railings Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-8YSK8GYY
  2. stable (building for horses) Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-VkWCA9-c
  3. rule; law; limit; norm Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-LZJT7Ldx
  4. to restrict; to restrain Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-E54lpwR1
  5. Alternative form of 嫻/娴 (xián, “to be familiar; to be skilled; to be practised”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: (extra: xián, “to be familiar; to be skilled; to be practised”), (extra: xián, “to be familiar; to be skilled; to be practised”)
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-usxL53XZ
  6. to block; to guard against Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-wYohoU61 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 3 6 59 26 0 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 3 1 0 0 5 63 29 0 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 1 0 0 0 2 51 46 0 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 1 0 0 0 2 53 44 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 2 0 3 4 54 25 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 0 2 2 60 27 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
  7. 4th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "barrier" (𝌉)
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-j8qRXHiD Categories (other): Elementary Mandarin, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 19 3 0 11 12 16 38 0 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 1 0 0 0 2 51 46 0 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 1 0 0 0 2 53 44 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不閑, 不闲, 心閑, 心闲, 明媚閑雅, 明媚闲雅, 熟閑, 熟闲, 舉止閑冶, 举止闲冶, 蕩檢踰閑, 荡检逾闲, 踰閑, 逾闲, 踰閑蕩檢, 逾闲荡检, 閑邪存誠, 闲邪存诚, 閑雅, 闲雅, 防閑, 防闲

Character

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /haːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/, /haːn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: xián [Mandarin, Pinyin], xian² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], haan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xián [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sián [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsien² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syán [Mandarin, Yale], shyan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сянь [Mandarin, Palladius], sjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], haan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], hàahn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], haan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], han⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], hean [Middle-Chinese], /*[ɡ]ˤra[n]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡreːn/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: ,
Etymology: Probably cognate with 介 (OC *kreːds, “to increase; to become great”) and perhaps derived from 嘏 (OC *kraːʔ, “large; great”) (Schuessler, 2007). Etymology templates: {{och-l|介|to increase; to become great}} 介 (OC *kreːds, “to increase; to become great”), {{och-l|嘏|large; great}} 嘏 (OC *kraːʔ, “large; great”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 閑
  1. (obsolete) large; great Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-閑-zh-character-t8s3BmXO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "不閑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "不闲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "心閑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "心闲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "明媚閑雅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "明媚闲雅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "熟閑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "熟闲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "舉止閑冶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "举止闲冶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蕩檢踰閑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "荡检逾闲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "踰閑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "逾闲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "踰閑蕩檢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "逾闲荡检"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "閑邪存誠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "闲邪存诚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "閑雅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "闲雅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "防閑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "防闲"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "闲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "闲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "閑",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fence; bar; railings"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-8YSK8GYY",
      "links": [
        [
          "fence",
          "fence"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "railing",
          "railing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stable (building for horses)"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-VkWCA9-c",
      "links": [
        [
          "stable",
          "stable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rule; law; limit; norm"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-LZJT7Ldx",
      "links": [
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ],
        [
          "norm",
          "norm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to restrict; to restrain"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-E54lpwR1",
      "links": [
        [
          "restrict",
          "restrict"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "xián, “to be familiar; to be skilled; to be practised”",
          "word": "嫻"
        },
        {
          "extra": "xián, “to be familiar; to be skilled; to be practised”",
          "word": "娴"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 嫻/娴 (xián, “to be familiar; to be skilled; to be practised”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-usxL53XZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "嫻",
          "嫻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "娴",
          "娴#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "familiar",
          "familiar"
        ],
        [
          "skilled",
          "skilled"
        ],
        [
          "practised",
          "practised"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 3 3 6 59 26 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 0 0 5 63 29 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 0 0 2 51 46 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 0 0 2 53 44 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 0 3 4 54 25 0 4 4 1 0 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 0 2 2 60 27 0 2 2 1 0 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to block; to guard against"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-wYohoU61",
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 3 0 11 12 16 38 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 0 0 2 51 46 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 0 0 2 53 44 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "4th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; \"barrier\" (𝌉)"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-j8qRXHiD",
      "links": [
        [
          "tetragram",
          "tetragram"
        ],
        [
          "Taixuanjing",
          "Taixuanjing"
        ],
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ],
        [
          "𝌉",
          "𝌉"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤra[n]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡreːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɡ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[n]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡreːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "閑"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "介",
        "2": "to increase; to become great"
      },
      "expansion": "介 (OC *kreːds, “to increase; to become great”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "嘏",
        "2": "large; great"
      },
      "expansion": "嘏 (OC *kraːʔ, “large; great”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably cognate with 介 (OC *kreːds, “to increase; to become great”) and perhaps derived from 嘏 (OC *kraːʔ, “large; great”) (Schuessler, 2007).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "闲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "闲",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "閑",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "redirects": [
    "閒"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Long are the projecting beams of pine;\nLarge are the many pillars.\nThe temple was completed, – the tranquil abode [of his tablet].",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pre-Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Sōngjué yǒu chān, lǚyíng yǒu xián, qǐn chéng kǒng ān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "松桷有梴,旅楹有閑,寢成孔安。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Long are the projecting beams of pine;\nLarge are the many pillars.\nThe temple was completed, – the tranquil abode [of his tablet].",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pre-Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Sōngjué yǒu chān, lǚyíng yǒu xián, qǐn chéng kǒng ān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "松桷有梴,旅楹有闲,寝成孔安。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "large; great"
      ],
      "id": "en-閑-zh-character-t8s3BmXO",
      "links": [
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) large; great"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "han⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤra[n]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/haːn²¹/"
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    },
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      "word": "心闲"
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      "word": "明媚閑雅"
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      "word": "明媚闲雅"
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      "word": "熟閑"
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      "word": "熟闲"
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      "word": "舉止閑冶"
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      "word": "举止闲冶"
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      "word": "蕩檢踰閑"
    },
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      "word": "荡检逾闲"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "逾闲"
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      "word": "踰閑蕩檢"
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      "word": "逾闲荡检"
    },
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      "word": "閑邪存誠"
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    },
    {
      "word": "閑雅"
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      "word": "闲雅"
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        "to restrict; to restrain"
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        "to block; to guard against"
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          "barrier",
          "barrier"
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          "𝌉"
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      "zh-pron": "xián"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "xián"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sián"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹ"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Guangzhou",
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    },
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        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hàahn"
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        "Cantonese",
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        "Hong-Kong",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "haan⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "han⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "/*ɡreːn/"
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      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/haːn²¹/"
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      "other": "[n]"
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  "word": "閑"
}

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          "english": "Long are the projecting beams of pine;\nLarge are the many pillars.\nThe temple was completed, – the tranquil abode [of his tablet].",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
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        "Wade-Giles"
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        "Yale"
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        "Mandarin"
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    {
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сянь"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
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    },
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        "Pinyin"
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    },
    {
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}

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