动静 meaning in English

dòngjing

(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 動靜20 strokes

Meaning of 动静

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dòngjìng
  1. (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity
  2. movement and stillness

动静 in example sentences

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

在zài丽lì玛mǎ闹nào出chū更gèng大dà的de动dòng静jìng之zhī前qián,齐qí莉lì赶gǎn紧jǐn把bǎ她tā赶gǎn出chū了le餐cān厅tīng。
Ziri rushed Rima out of the restaurant before she made a bigger scene.

Stroke order for each character

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

动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes

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静 jìng · still · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 动静.

动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
行动xíngdòngoperation; action
安静ānjìngquiet; peaceful
动物dòngwùanimal
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动yùndòngto move; to exercise
感动gǎndòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
发动fādòngto start; to launch
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily
主动zhǔdòngto take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord
动力dònglìmotive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus

Questions about 动静

What does 动静 mean?

动静 (dòngjing) means "(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 动静?

动静 is made of 2 characters: 动 (6 strokes), 静 (14 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 动静 an HSK word?

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

How is 动静 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 动静 is written 動靜.