Chinese word dictionary

怡然自得

yírán-zìdé · happy and content (idiom)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified怡然自得

Traditional怡然自得

Pinyinyírán-zìdé

Part of speechGeneral

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

怡yí

gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony

然rán

certainly; naturally; suddenly

自zì

self; private, personal; from

得dé

to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready

How to learn 怡然自得

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觉得juéde

to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)

得de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

记得jìde

to remember

虽然suīrán

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)

自己zìjǐ

oneself; (attributive) one's own

当然dāngrán

only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt