冷靜

See also: 冷静

Chinese

		cold	still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving
trad. (冷靜/冷静)		冷	靜/静
simp. (冷静)		冷	静

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ zing⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lâng-chhin
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): léng-chēng / léng-chěng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nên² zên⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶lan-zhin₆ / ²lan₆-zin₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngjìng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-ching⁴
    • Yale: lěng-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengjinq
    • Palladius: лэнцзин (lɛnczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ zing⁶
    • Yale: láahng jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ jing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ t͡sɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng-chhin
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˊ qin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang¹ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-chēng
    • Tâi-lô: líng-tsīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngzeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-chěng
    • Tâi-lô: líng-tsǐng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nên² zên⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: néⁿ tsĕⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nẽ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sẽ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lan-zhin₆
    • MiniDict: lan^去 zhin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lan-xxin₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lã²² ʑin⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²lan₆-zin₆
    • MiniDict: lan^去 zin^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /lã²² zin³³/

Adjective

冷靜

1. sober; calm

   冷靜啲先呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   冷静啲先呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   laang⁵ zing⁶ di¹ sin¹ aa³! [Jyutping]

   Calm down for a bit first!

   他從來很冷靜，很策略。 [MSC, trad.]
   他从来很冷静，很策略。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā cónglái hěn lěngjìng, hěn cèlüè. [Pinyin]

   He is always calm and tactful.

2. (Northern Wu) desolate; lonely; (of a person) melancholic

   該地方日裏就交關冷靜，夜裏我越加弗敢一個人許就嘞。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
   该地方日里就交关冷静，夜里我越加弗敢一个人许就嘞。 [Ningbonese, simp.]

   At daytime this place is already very desolate, I wouldn't dare go here alone at night.

Synonyms

• (sober):

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• 在步 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 從容／从容
• 沉著 (chénzhuó)
• 淡定 (dàndìng)
• 清醒 (qīngxǐng)
• 理智 (lǐzhì)
• 精英 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 肅清／肃清 (sùqīng) (archaic)
• 自如 (zìrú) (literary)
• 自若 (zìruò) (literary)
• 鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)
• 鎮靜／镇静 (zhènjìng)

 

• (desolate; lonely): 冷清

Derived terms

• 冷靜期／冷静期 (lěngjìngqī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷	靜
れい Grade: 4	せい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 冷靜 – see the following entry.

【冷静れいせい】 [adjective] calm, composed [noun] calmness, composure

(This term, 冷靜, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
冷	靜

Noun

冷靜 • (naengjeong) (hangeul 냉정)

1. hanja form^? of 냉정 (“calmness”)