| xián | to stay idle/to be unoccupied/not busy/leisure/enclosure |
| 闲 | to stay idle to be unoccupied not busy |
| 闲不住 | refuse to stay idle; always keep oneself busy |
| 闲书 | light reading |
| 闲事 | other people's business |
| 闲云野鹤 | drifting clouds and wild storks; free and unrestrained |
| 闲人 | variant of 閒人|闲人 |
| 闲人免进 | No admittance except on business. |
| 闲冗 | officials with light duties supernumeraries |
| 闲口 | idle talk |
| 闲员 | Redundant personnel in a unit. |
| 闲在 | idle and leisurely |
| 闲坐 | to sit around to sit idly |
| 闲富 | idle; surplus |
| 闲居 | seclusion; retirement |
| 闲工夫 | leisure; spare time |
| 闲得无聊 | to twiddle one's thumbs |
| 闲心 | leisurely mood relaxed frame of mind |
| 闲情逸致 | be in a leisurely and carefree mood |
| 闲愁 | Slight and dull feeling of grief. |
| 闲扯 | chat; make conversation |