閑 (haan4 | xian2) : railings; defend

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閑

haan4

xian2

[1] [n] railings; fence; barrier
[2] [v] defend; guard; hinder
[3] [n] laws; regulations
[4] [adj] variant of 閒

闲 is the simplified form for both 閑 and 閒.

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#169)

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

閑 / 闲

This word has been viewed 5735 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th May 2011 14:45

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得閑 dak1 haan4 = available; to have free time 粵

悠閑 jau4 haan4 = ease, leisurely

愛管閑事 oi3 gun2 haan4 si6 ai4 guan3 xian2 shi4 = nosy 國

愛講閑話的 oi3 gong2 haan4 waa6*2 dik1 ai4 jiang3 xian2 hua4 de5 = [adj] chatty 國

休閑 jau1 haan4 xiu1 xian2 = [v] be not working; have leisure; be idle

幫閑 bong1 haan4 bang1 xian2 = hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work; etc

閑事 haan4 si6 xian2 shi4 = other people's business (not yours)

好閑 hou3 haan4 = used to indicate that sth is no problem, not to worry; never take things too seriously

游手好閑 jau4 sau2 hou3 haan4 = have nothing to do or don't want to work, just wondering around

消閑 siu1 haan4 xiao1 xian2 = to spend one's leisure time
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 14 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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希望大家有個輕鬆悠閑嘅聖誕節粵
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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