Chinese symbol for “idly”
等闲
děng xián
Traditional: 等閒
ordinary; common; unimportant; idly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for idly is 等闲 (děng xián), defined as: ordinary; common; unimportant; idly; for no reason.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “idly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 等闲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 等等 | děng děng | et cetera; and so on ... |
| 平等 | píng děng | equal; equality |
| 等待 | děng dài | to wait; to wait for |
| 等级 (等級) | děng jí | grade; rank |
| 等于 (等於) | děng yú | to equal; to be tantamount to |
| 高等 | gāo děng | high-level; higher (animals, education etc) |
| 休闲 (休閒) | xiū xián | leisure; relaxation |
| 闲置 (閒置) | xián zhì | to leave unused; to leave idle; to lie idle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “idly”.
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.