雅: Definitions and Translations

Definitions (CC-CANTO)

elegant/pleasure/honor/name of sections in Book of Poetry/refined/graceful/sophisticated/polished/your gracious/often/indeed/friendship/a type of wine vessel

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)

Definitions (Wiktionary)

character, literary
friendship; companionship
character, obsolete
standard language (usually used in titles of ancient Chinese dictionaries such as the Erya)
character, literary
standard; proper; correct
character
a section in the Classic of Poetry consisting of dynastic hymns
character
a surname
character, literary
very much; extremely
character, literary
usually; often
character
elegant; graceful; refined
character, polite
your; your esteemed; your gracious
character, Teochew
pretty; beautiful
(syn.) 秀麗, 漂亮, 悦目, 體面, 俊俏, 奇麗, 好看, 繁华, 鲜丽, 鮮麗, 美丽, 標緻, 体面, 繁華, 是樣, 奇丽, 艳丽, 边式, 俏麗, 俊秀, 秀美, 妖娇, 花花, 美麗, 秀丽, 鲜亮, 俊美, 标致, 娇逸, 綺麗, 悅目, 嬌豔, 邊式, 耐看, 妍美, 娇艳, 豔麗, 俊, 清秀, 是样, 妖嬌, 美觀, 俏丽, 秀媚, 美观, 绮丽, 鮮亮, 嬌逸

Definitions (Unihan)

Definitions (HSK3.0)

Definitions (CC-CANTO)

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)

Definitions (CC-CANTO)

Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)

Mandarin
我想去西雅图。
我想去西雅圖。
wǒ xiǎng qù xī yǎ tú 。
- I want to go to Seattle.
Mandarin
比起歌舞伎，我更喜欢能乐表演，因为我觉得后者比前者优雅。
比起歌舞伎，我更喜歡能樂表演，因為我覺得後者比前者優雅。
bǐ qǐ gē wǔ jì ， wǒ gèng xǐ huan néng lè biǎo yǎn ， yīn wèi wǒ jué de hòu zhě bǐ qián zhě yōu yǎ 。
- I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.
Mandarin
我们必须学会优雅地面对逆境。
我們必須學會優雅地面對逆境。
wǒ men bì xū xué huì yōu yǎ dì miàn duì nì jìng 。
- We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
Mandarin
我既不是雅典人也不是希腊人。
我既不是雅典人也不是希臘人。
wǒ jì bú shi yǎ diǎn rén yě bú shi xī là rén 。
- I'm neither an Athenian nor a Greek.
Mandarin
雅子通常走路去学校。
雅子通常走路去學校。
yǎ zi tōng cháng zǒu lù qù xué xiào 。
- Masako usually walks to school.

Examples (粵典–words.hk)

Cantonese
举止优雅
舉止優雅
geoi2 zi2
- behave in a graceful way
Cantonese
优雅嘅旋律
優雅嘅旋律
jau1 ngaa5 ge3 syun4 leot2
- elegant melody
Cantonese
文人雅士
文人雅士
man4 jun4 ngaa5 si6
- person who is proficient in literature and excellent in conduct
Cantonese
虽然间餐厅最近先装修过，但系仍然保留住一种典雅嘅感觉。
雖然間餐廳最近先裝修過，但係仍然保留住一種典雅嘅感覺。
seoi1 jin4 gaan1 caan1 teng1 zeoi3 gan6 sin1 zong1 sau1 gwo3, daan6 hai6 jing4 jin4 bou2 lau4 zyu6 jat1 zung2 din2 ngaa5 ge3 gam2 gok3.
- Although the restaurant was renovated recently, it still retains a classic feel.
Cantonese
新娘装扮得非常典雅。
新娘裝扮得非常典雅。
san1 loeng4 zong1 baan6 dak1 fei1 soeng4 din2 ngaa5.
- The bride is dressed with classic elegance.

Examples (Wiktionary)

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