refined and elegant in manner; genteel; bookish
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
refined and elegant in speech and manner; genteel; bookish
Describes someone who speaks or behaves in a refined, scholarly, or overly polite manner. Often used with the particle 的 when functioning as a predicate. Can carry a slightly negative connotation when implying affectation.
Tā他
shuō说
huà话
wén文
zhōu绉
zhōu绉
de的
，
xiàng像
gè个
lǎo老
xué学
jiū究
。
He speaks in a bookish manner, like an old pedant.
Zhè这
gè个
rén人
jǔ举
zhǐ止
wén文
zhōu绉
zhōu绉
，
hěn很
yǒu有
jiào教
yǎng养
。
This person behaves in a refined and genteel way, very well-bred.
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Bié别
nà那
me么
wén文
zhōu绉
zhōu绉
de的
，
zì自
rán然
diǎn点
jiù就
hǎo好
。
Don't be so formal and stilted; just be natural.