静静地 (jìng jìng de) — quietly; calmly; silently

Definition

adjective

quietlycalmlysilently

Easily confused

静静地。
Tā jìng jìng de zuò zài chuāng qián kàn shū.
She sat quietly by the window reading a book.
静静地。
Qǐng dà jiā jìng jìng de tīng lǎo shī jiǎng jiě.
Please listen quietly as the teacher explains.
静静地，。
Jiào shì lǐ jìng jìng de de, lián yì gēn zhēn diào zài dì shàng dōu tīng de jiàn.
The classroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

静静quiet

重叠Reduplication

地dìadverbial marker

静静 repeats 静 for a calm sense, and 地 carries that calm sense into how something happens.

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.

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

青爭靜

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.

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.

青爭靜

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.

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

土也地

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.