雅 (yǎ): elegant
雅 (yǎ) is a Chinese character meaning “elegant.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 牙 (phonetic) and 隹 (semantic). It ranks #1137 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 雅 bird. Its radical form 隹 (short-tailed bird) appears in many related characters such as 难 (nán, difficult (to...)), 集 (jí, to gather), 雄 (xióng, male).
Definitions
- elegant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优雅adjective | yōu yǎ | grace |
| 西雅图 | xī yǎ tú | Seattle, city in Washington State |
| 玛雅proper-noun | mǎ yǎ | Maya (civilization) |
| 高雅adjective | gāo yǎ | dainty |
| 文雅adjective | wén yǎ | elegant |
| 雅典proper-noun | yǎ diǎn | Athens, capital of Greece |
| 雅克proper-noun | yǎ kè | Jacques (name) |
| 秀雅 | xiù yǎ | exquisite |
| 大雅adjective | dà yǎ | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 |
| 雅丽 | yǎ lì | elegant |
| 雅典娜proper-noun | yǎ diǎn nà | Athena |
| 雅利安 | yǎ lì ān | Aryan |
| 典雅adjective | diǎn yǎ | refined |
| 雅致adjective | yǎ zhì | elegant |
| 玛雅人 | mǎ yǎ rén | Maya peoples |
雅 appears in 100 compound words: 57 as the first character, 34 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 雅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
to put on an air of pretension despite one's own lack of cultural knowledge
to put on an air of pretension despite one's own lack of cultural knowledge
Example Sentences
雅俗共赏，老少皆宜。
Yǎ sú gòng shǎng, lǎo shào jiē yí.
Elegant and popular, suitable for all ages.
广汽本田推出雅阁 e:PHEV 老客户复购价:13.8...
guǎng qì běn tián tuī chū yǎ gé e : P H E V lǎo kè hù fù gòu jià : 1 3 . 8 . . .
Guangqi Honda launches Accord e:PHEV Old customer repurchase price: 13.8...
跨越八百里守护 湘雅医院助超早产三胞胎平安回家团圆
kuà yuè bā bǎi lǐ shǒu hù 湘 yǎ yī yuàn zhù chāo zǎo chǎn sān bāo tāi píng ān huí jiā tuán yuán
Spanning 800 miles to protect Xiangya Hospital to help the ultra-premature triplets return home safely and reunite
80天生死坚守:湘雅二医院重症医学科“5170”的..
tiān shēng sǐ jiān shǒu 湘 yǎ èr yī yuàn chóng zhèng yī xué kē de . .
80 days of life and death: Xiangya No.2 Hospital's "5170" C...
...马”上来沪|艺马当先 在申城美术馆里过个雅致年
. . . mǎ shǎng lái hù yì mǎ dāng xiān zài shēn chéng měi shù guǎn lǐ guò gě yǎ zhì nián
... Horses come to Shanghai|Artistic Horses First Have an Elegant Year in Shencheng Art Museums
川AG大军注意!雅西高速成都往西昌方向多路段车多缓..
chuān dà jūn zhù yì ! yǎ xī gāo sù chéng dū wǎng xī chāng fāng xiàng duō lù duàn chē duō huǎn . .
Attention all drivers on Sichuan AG license plates! Heavy traffic and slowdowns are reported on multiple sections of the Yaxi Expressway heading westbound from Chengdu to Xichang.
雅尼去阿尔及利亚。
Yǎní qù Å'ěrjílìyǎ.
Yanni goes to Algeria.
雅尼炫耀他的新车。
Yǎ ní xuànyào tā de xīn chē.
Yanni was showing off his new car.
雅尼的挡风玻璃上有一颗星形碎片。
Yǎ ní de dǎngfēngbōli shàng yǒu yī kē xīng xíng suìpiàn.
Yanni has a star chip in his windshield.
雅尼在阿尔及尔待了四个月。
Yǎ ní zài ā'ěrjí'ěr dài le sì gè yuè.
Yanni was in Algiers for four months.
Character Family
隹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the short-tailed bird radical
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