寂 (jì): quiet, lonely
寂 (jì) is a Chinese character meaning “quiet, lonely.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 宀 (semantic) and 叔 (phonetic). It ranks #1723 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 寂 roof. Its radical form 宀 (roof) appears in many related characters such as 客 (kè, guest, customer), 家 (jiā, home, family), 它 (tā, it).
Definitions
- quiet, lonely
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 寂
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寂静 | jì jìng | quiet |
| 沉寂 | chén jì | silence |
| 孤寂 | gū jì | lonesome |
| 万籁俱寂 | wàn lài jù jì | (idiom) dead silent |
| 静寂 | jìng jì | quiet |
| 寂寥 | jì liáo | (literary) quiet and desolate |
| 不甘寂寞 | bù gān jì mò | unwilling to remain lonely or idle |
| 冷寂 | lěng jì | cold and desolate |
| 寂寂 | jì jì | quiet |
| 满坐寂然 | mǎn zuò jì rán | the whole audience silent with expectation |
| 寂然 | jì rán | silent |
| 寂寂无名 | jì jì wú míng | unknown |
| 死寂 | sǐ jì | deathly stillness |
| 空寂 | kōng jì | empty and silent |
| 示寂 | shì jì | to pass away (of a monk or nun) |
寂 appears in 22 compound words: 32 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 寂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
深夜的街道很寂静，只有偶尔经过的车辆。
Shēnyè de jiēdào hěn jìjìng, zhǐyǒu ǒu'ěr jīngguò de chēliàng.
The streets are very quiet late at night, with only occasional passing vehicles.
央行不放手 329档期北台湾推了个寂寞 案量15年新低
yāng háng bù fàng shǒu 3 2 9 dàng qī běi tái wān tuī le gè jì mò àn liàng 1 5 nián xīn dī
Central Bank Holds Firm; Northern Taiwan's "329" Sales Season Falls Flat, with Sales Volume at a 15-Year Low
等跌族等了个寂寞? 代销揭预售量缩真相:不是房价崩跌前...
děng diē zú děng le gè jì mò ? dài xiāo jiē yù shòu liàng suō zhēn xiāng : bù shì fáng jià bēng diē qián . . .
Have those waiting for prices to drop been waiting in vain? Real estate agents reveal the truth behind shrinking pre-sales: It’s not the prelude to a housing market crash...
刘亦菲单身多时不愁寂寞 爱犬随身陪伴左右
liú yì 菲 dān shēn duō shí bù chóu jì mò ài quǎn suí shēn péi bàn zuǒ yòu
Liu Yifei has been single for a long time and does not worry about loneliness, and her dog is always with her
【新春走基层·走进贵州】这些曾经沉寂的村寨,热闹起来了
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng zǒu jìn guì zhōu zhè xiē céng jīng chén jì de cūn zhài , rè nào qǐ lái le
【New Year Grassroots Walk, Into Guizhou】 These once silent villages have become lively
...剩祖母身影 中国女子感慨:热闹过后难免孤寂
. . . shèng zǔ mǔ shēn yǐng zhōng guó nǚ zǐ gǎn kǎi rè nào guò hòu nán miǎn gū jì
...Only Grandmother's figure remains Chinese woman reflects: After the bustle, loneliness inevitably follows
杰西死寂般沈默地盯着乔丹看。
Jiéxī sǐjì bān chén mò de dīng zhe Qiáodān kàn.
Jessie stared at Jordan in dead silence.
汤姆感到十分寂寞。
Tāngmǔ gǎndào shífēn jìmò.
Tom felt very lonely.
我的寂寞是一条蛇。
Wǒ de jìmò shì yī tiáo shé.
My loneliness is a snake.
我的问题遭到了冷寂的沉默。
Wǒ de wèntí zāodào le lěngjì de chénmò.
My questions were met with a frosty silence.
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