优雅 meaning in English

yōuyǎ

grace; graceful

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 優雅18 strokes

Meaning of 优雅

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yōuyǎ
  1. grace
  2. graceful

优雅 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā看kàn上shàng去qù十shí分fēn优yōu雅yǎ。
She looks very elegant.
她tā举jǔ止zhǐ优yōu雅yǎ。
She is graceful.
我wǒ们men必bì须xū学xué会huì优yōu雅yǎ地dì面miàn对duì逆nì境jìng。
We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
加jiā布bù里lǐ埃āi尔ěr看kàn著zhù一yī群qún天tiān鹅é在zài湖hú面miàn上shàng优yōu雅yǎ地dì游yóu著zhù。
Gabriel watched a family of swans gliding gracefully on the lake.
这zhè只zhǐ猫māo咪mī气qì场chǎng全quán开kāi,走zǒu著zhù猫māo步bù,相xiāng当dāng优yōu雅yǎ,然rán后hòu摔shuāi倒dǎo了le,真zhēn是shì糗qiǔ大dà了le。
The cat glided along, very refined, but ended up falling, which was very embarrassing.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

优 yōu · excellent · 6 strokes

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雅 yǎ · elegant · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 优雅.

优势yōushìsuperiority; dominance
优点yōudiǎnmerit; benefit
优秀yōuxiùoutstanding; excellent
优美yōuměigraceful; fine
优良yōuliángfine; good
优先yōuxiānto have priority; to take precedence
优惠yōuhuìprivilege; favorable (terms)
优质yōuzhìexcellent quality
高雅gāoyǎdainty; elegance
优异yōuyìexceptional; outstandingly good
优越yōuyuèsuperior; superiority
文雅wényǎelegant; refined

Questions about 优雅

What does 优雅 mean?

优雅 (yōuyǎ) means "grace; graceful" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 优雅?

优雅 is made of 2 characters: 优 (6 strokes), 雅 (12 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 优雅 an HSK word?

Yes. 优雅 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 优雅 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 优雅 is written 優雅.