闲
閑xián
#1,527 most
frequent character
not busy, idle, unoccupied, leisure
adjective
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
闲 shows 门 a door and 木 a tree, so it first meant fencing around a door. That grew to enclosure. The sense leisure or free time was borrowed only for the sound. From there it came to mean not busy or idle.
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Example Sentences
我今天很闲，可以陪你去看电影。
wǒ jīntiān hěn xián ， kěyǐ péi nǐ qù kàn diànyǐng 。
I am very free today, I can accompany you to watch a movie.
周末的时候，我喜欢在家休闲。
zhōumò de shíhòu ， wǒ xǐhuān zàijiā xiūxián 。
On weekends, I like to relax at home.
他总是很闲，总是没事做。
tā zǒngshì hěn xián ， zǒngshì méi shì zuò 。
He is always idle, he always has nothing to do.
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