閒 (haan4) — bored (note 2) in Cantonese
haanˎ₄閒简 闲
Mandarin Pinyin: xian2
Meaning of 閒
nounbored (note 2)
nounleisurely; not busy; idle
nounnot in use; empty; vacant
nounleisure; spare/free time
noununimportant; irrelevant
Example Sentences with 閒
希望大家過個輕鬆悠閒的聖誕節
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.
ngoˏ₅我zek˗₃隻sauˊ²手mˎ₄唔dakˉ¹得haan4,閒，maaˎ₄麻faanˎ₄煩neiˏ₅你bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我zamˉ¹斟seoi2!水！
My hands are full [at the moment]... could you get some water for me?
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度houˊ²好siuˉ¹消haan4.閒。
It's very relaxing here.
soengˊ²想wanˊ²搵diˉ¹啲siuˉ¹消haan4.閒。
Want to find some relaxation.
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個haiˍ₆係siuˉ¹消haan4.閒。
This is leisure.
Words Containing 閒
閒日haan4 jat6
weekdays
閒談haan4 taam4
chat, slang
閒暇haan4 haa6
leisure (time), spare time
閒話家常haan4 waa6 gaa1 soeng4
chat; chit-chat; small talk; ordinary conversation [Syn.] 家常話
投閒置散tau4 haan4 zi3 saan2
to be placed in a unimportant position; be put in charge of an insignificant job
得閒冇屎屙dak1 haan4 mou5 si2 o1
to have spare time (lit., "idle and no need to take a crap")
空閒hung1 haan4
leisure time; free time
消閒siu1 haan4
1. kill free time; spend free time 2. leisurely and carefree
閒時haan4 si2
free time, leisure time, idle time
安閒on1 haan4
peaceful and carefree; leisurely
游手好閒jau4 sau2 hou3 haan4
idle; have nothing to do or don't want to work, just wandering around
悠閒jau4 haan4
carefree and leisurely
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