Chinese symbol for “hyperactivity”
静坐不能
jìng zuò bù néng
Traditional: 靜坐不能
akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still; hyperactivity; restlessness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hyperactivity is 静坐不能 (jìng zuò bù néng), defined as: akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still; hyperactivity; restlessness.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 静坐不能.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安静 (安靜) | ān jìng | quiet; peaceful |
| 冷静 (冷靜) | lěng jìng | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet |
| 平静 (平靜) | píng jìng | calm; tranquil; serene |
| 宁静 (寧靜) | níng jìng | tranquil; tranquility |
| 静态 (靜態) | jìng tài | static; sedate |
| 静止 (靜止) | jìng zhǐ | still; immobile |
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 坐标 (坐標) | zuò biāo | variant of 坐标 (zuò biāo) |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hyperactivity”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.