雅 (ngaa5 | ya3) : refined; elegant; graceful

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雅

ngaa5

ya3

[1] refined; polished; sophisticated; not common; not vulgar [2] elegant; graceful [3] usually; often; frequently; much [4] the name of an ancient musical instrument [5] friendship; acquaintance [6] [n] wine vessel [7] your (polite) [8] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#172)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

雅

This word has been viewed 11362 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Aug 2009 00:22

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雅典 ngaa5 din2 ya3 dian3 = Athens

文雅 man4 ngaa5 wen2 ya3 = elegant; refined

雅靜 ngaa5 zing6 ya3 jing4 = elegant and calm / gentle / quiet

雅麗 ngaa5 lai6 ya3 li4 = elegant, refined beauty; transliteration of Alice

雅量 ngaa5 loeng6 ya3 liang4 = magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking

幽雅 jau1 ngaa5 = tranquil

大雅 daai6 ngaa5 da4 ya3 = elegance; refinement

優雅 jau1 ngaa5 you1 ya3 = graceful; elegant; refined

雅緻 ngaa5 zi3 ya3 zhi4 = elegance; graceful; poetic sense

雅思 ngaa5 si1 ya3 si1 = IELTS

不雅用語 bat1 ngaa5 jung6 jyu5 = coarse language

雅皮士 ngaa5 pei4 si6 ya3 pi2 shi4 = a yuppie (as a loanword); young urban professional

爾雅 ji5 ngaa5 er3 ya3 = Erya

雅興 ngaa5 hing3 ya3 xing4 = refined and elegant attitude of mind

典雅 din2 ngaa5 dian3 ya3 = elegant; refined

博雅 bok3 ngaa5 bo2 ya3 = learned, educated

雅虎 ngaa5 fu2 ya3 hu3 = Yahoo! ®

瑪雅 maa5 ngaa5 ma3 ya3 = Maya, Mayan

喜馬拉雅山 hei2 maa5 laai1 ngaa5 saan1 xi3 ma3 la1 ya3 shan1 = the Himalaya Mountains, the Himalayas

喜馬拉雅 hei2 maa5 laai1 ngaa5 xi3 ma3 la1 ya3 = Himalaya

新雅中國語文研習所 san1 ngaa5 zung1 gwok3 jyu5 man4 jin4 zaap6 so2 = the New Asia Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center

雅加達 ngaa5 gaa1 daat6 ya3 jia1 da2 = Jakarta

雅樂 ngaa5 ngok6 ya3 yue4 = aak (type of Korean court music)

雅典娜 ngaa5 din2 naa4 = (greek goddess) Athena

俊雅 zeon3 ngaa5 jun4 ya3 = of delicate beauty and elegant

翩然俊雅 pin1 jin4 zeon3 ngaa5 pian1 ran2 jun4 ya3 = refined appearance yet free and easy

利君雅 lei6 gwan1 ngaa5 li4 jun1 ya3 = Nabela Qoser

察雅 caat3 ngaa5 cha2 ya3 = Chaya (place in Tibet)

大雅鄉 daai6 ngaa5 hoeng1 da4 ya3 xiang1 = Taya (village in Taiwan)

陳雅珍 can4 ngaa5 zan1 chen2 ya3 zhen1 = Sophia Chen Ya-Chen

蔡健雅 coi3 gin6 ngaa5 cai4 jian4 ya3 = Tanya Chua

賴雅妍 laai6 ngaa5 jin4 lai4 ya3 yan2 = Megan Lai

柳瀚雅 lau5 hon6 ngaa5 liu3 han4 ya3 = Liu Hun Ya (a.k.a, A-Ya)

西雅圖 sai1 ngaa5 tou4 xi1 ya3 tu2 = Seattle

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