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still / calm / quiet / not moving
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How to pronounce 静

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

静 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
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qīng = qi + (e)ng1
abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
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qīng = qi + (e)ng1
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
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Characters with 静 as component

jìng = ji + (e)ng4
(archaic) clean
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Words with 静

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calm / cool-headed
calm; cool-headed; dispassionate / (of a place) deserted; quiet
quiet / peaceful / calm

Sentences with 静

静 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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jìng

still / calm / quiet / not moving

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