elegant; graceful; handsome
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
elegant; graceful; handsome (of demeanor, literary style, etc.)
literaryA literary term, rarely used in modern spoken Chinese. Originally used to describe a person's graceful demeanor or a piece of writing's elegant style. The variant forms 庯峭 and 逋峭 are also correct but extremely rare.
Tā他
shào少
nián年
shí时
biàn便
fēng风
zī姿
bū不
qiào峭
。
Even in his youth, he had an elegant and graceful demeanor.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
bǐ笔
lì力
qiú遒
jìn劲
，
cí辞
zǎo藻
bū不
qiào峭
。
This article's writing is vigorous and its diction is elegant.
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Gǔ古
shí时
xíng形
róng容
měi美
nán男
zǐ子
，
cháng常
yòng用
“
fēng丰
shén神
bū不
qiào峭
”
yī一
cí词
。
In ancient times, the phrase 'of divine and elegant appearance' was often used to describe handsome men.