典雅

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Chinese

		canon; dictionary	elegant
trad. (典雅)		典	雅
simp. ^#(典雅)		典	雅
anagram		雅典

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎnyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din² ngaa⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tián-ngá / tián-ngée

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnyǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tien³-ya³
  - Yale: dyǎn-yǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanyea
  - Palladius: дянья (djanʹja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din² ngaa⁵
  - Yale: dín ngáh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din² ngaa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: din² nga⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn³⁵ ŋaː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tián-ngá
  - Tâi-lô: tián-ngá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diefnngar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tián-ngée
  - Tâi-lô: tián-ngée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɛ̃⁵³/

Adjective

典雅

elegant; refined; tasteful
典雅樸素／典雅朴素 ― diǎnyǎ pǔsù ― simple yet elegant

Synonyms

優美 / 优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
古雅 (gǔyǎ)
嫻 / 娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
嫻靜 / 娴静 (xiánjìng)
幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
文雅 (wényǎ)
文靜 / 文静 (wénjìng)
斯文 (sīwén)
斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
雅緻 / 雅致 (yǎzhì)
高尚 (gāoshàng)
高雅 (gāoyǎ)

Antonyms

低下 (dīxià)
低俗 (dīsú)
低級 / 低级 (dījí)
俗氣 / 俗气 (súqì)
俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
傖俗 / 伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
卑俗 (bēisú)
庸俗 (yōngsú)
鄙俗 (bǐsú)
鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

Derived terms

典雅堂皇

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (典雅):

→ Japanese: 典(てん)雅(が) (tenga)
→ Korean: 전아(典雅) (jeona)
→ Vietnamese: điển nhã (典雅)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
典	雅
てん Grade: 4	が Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Adjective

典(てん)雅(が) • (tenga) -na (adnominal 典(てん)雅(が)な (tenga na), adverbial 典(てん)雅(が)に (tenga ni))

graceful, elegant, refined

Inflection

Inflection of 典雅

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	典雅だろ	てんがだろ	tenga daro
Continuative (連用形)	典雅で	てんがで	tenga de
Terminal (終止形)	典雅だ	てんがだ	tenga da
Attributive (連体形)	典雅な	てんがな	tenga na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	典雅なら	てんがなら	tenga nara
Imperative (命令形)	典雅であれ	てんがであれ	tenga de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	典雅ではない典雅じゃない	てんがではないてんがじゃない	tenga de wa nai tenga ja nai
Informal past	典雅だった	てんがだった	tenga datta
Informal negative past	典雅ではなかった典雅じゃなかった	てんがではなかったてんがじゃなかった	tenga de wa nakatta tenga ja nakatta
Formal	典雅です	てんがです	tenga desu
Formal negative	典雅ではありません典雅じゃありません	てんがではありませんてんがじゃありません	tenga de wa arimasen tenga ja arimasen
Formal past	典雅でした	てんがでした	tenga deshita
Formal negative past	典雅ではありませんでした典雅じゃありませんでした	てんがではありませんでしたてんがじゃありませんでした	tenga de wa arimasen deshita tenga ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	典雅で	てんがで	tenga de
Conditional	典雅なら（ば）	てんがなら（ば）	tenga nara (ba)
Provisional	典雅だったら	てんがだったら	tenga dattara
Volitional	典雅だろう	てんがだろう	tenga darō
Adverbial	典雅に	てんがに	tenga ni
Degree	典雅さ	てんがさ	tengasa

Noun

典(てん)雅(が) • (tenga)

grace, elegance, refinement

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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