安安静静 (ān ān jìng jìng) — quiet and peaceful (reduplicated form of 安静, emphasizing a sustained, undisturbed state)

Definition

Reduplicated form of 安静 used as an adverbial or descriptive phrase — emphasizes a sustained, completely undisturbed quiet (no noise, no movement).

bound form
quiet and peaceful (reduplicated form of 安静, emphasizing a sustained, undisturbed state)

Examples

  • 安安静静，。
    Jiào shì lǐ ān ān jìng jìng de, dà jiā dōu zài kàn shū.
    The classroom was very quiet; everyone was reading.
  • 安安静静。
    Tā xǐ huan ān ān jìng jìng dì zuò zài hé biān diào yú.
    He likes to sit quietly by the river fishing.
  • ，安安静静。
    Hái zi shuì zháo le, wū lǐ ān ān jìng jìng de.
    The child fell asleep, and the room was perfectly still.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

安安quiet
安ānquiet安ānquiet
重叠Reduplication
静静peaceful
静jìngpeaceful静jìngpeaceful
重叠Reduplication

安安 and 静静 intensify 安 quiet and 静 peaceful, giving a sustained calm state.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

Open 安 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 靜; 静 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 靜, not the simplified 静, uses 青 and 爭 for sound; an old source also treats 青 (blue) as a meaning part.

Open 静 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 靜; 静 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 靜, not the simplified 静, uses 青 and 爭 for sound; an old source also treats 青 (blue) as a meaning part.

Open 静 →

Grammar

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