| 闲 | xián | noccupied; leisure; free time; to stay idle; to be unoccupied; not busy; enclosure |
| 闲话 | xián huà | digression; gossip; complaint; scandal; CL:段; igression |
| 空闲 | kòng xián | idle; free time; leisure |
| 闲谈 | xián tán | chat; idle talk; empty gossip |
| 休闲 | xiū xián | leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; elaxation |
| 闲散 | xián sǎn | idle; unused; at leisure |
| 闲事 | xián shì | other people's business |
| 闲置 | xián zhì | to leave sth forgotten; to set aside; lying idle |
| 悠闲 | yōu xián | ease; leisurely; eisurely |
| 消闲 | xiāo xián | to spend one's leisure time; to idle away the time |
| 游手好闲 | yóu shǒu hào xián | idle about |
| 安闲 | ān xián | peaceful and carefree; leisurely; at one's ease; carefree |
| 闲人 | xián rén | idle person; idler; unconcerned person; dle person |
| 休闲裤 | xiū xián kù | casual pants |
| 休闲鞋 | xiū xián xié | leisure shoes |
| 偷闲 | tōu xián | to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work |
| 吃闲饭 | chī xián fàn | to live as a parasite; doing nothing to earn one's keep |
| 多管闲事 | duō guǎn xián shì | meddling in other people's business |
| 安闲自在 | ān xián zì zai | leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease |
| 安闲自得 | ān xián zì dé | feeling comfortably at ease (idiom) |
| 安闲舒适 | ān xián shū shì | leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease |
| 安闲随意 | ān xián suí yì | leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease |
| 少管闲事 | shǎo guǎn xián shì | Mind your own business!; Don't interfere! |
| 帮闲 | bāng xián | to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc |
| 心安神闲 | xīn ān shén xián | with one’s heart at ease and one’s spirit at rest (idiom) |
| 消闲儿 | xiāo xiánr | erhua variant of 消闲, to spend one's leisure time; to idle away the time |
| 清闲 | qīng xián | idle; leisurely |
| 无业闲散 | wú yè xián sǎn | unemployed and idle |
| 管闲事 | guǎn xián shì | to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business |
| 讲闲话 | jiǎng xián huà | gossip; make unfavorable comments |
| 躲清闲 | duǒ qīng xián | to avoid external disturbance in order to idle |
| 闲冗 | xián rǒng | officials with light duties; supernumeraries |
| 闲坐 | xián zuò | to sit around; to sit idly |
| 闲心 | xián xīn | leisurely mood; relaxed frame of mind |
| 闲暇 | xián xiá | leisure; free time; unoccupied; not in use |
| 闲聊 | xián liáo | to chat; idle gossip |
| 闲聊天 | xián liáo tiān | to chat; idle gossip |
| 闲职 | xián zhí | sinecure; position with practically no obligations |
| 闲花 | xián huā | wild flower |
| 闲言碎语 | xián yán suì yǔ | idle gossip; irrelevant nonsense; slanderous rumor |
| 闲话家常 | xián huà jiā cháng | to chat about domestic trivia (idiom) |
| 闲逛 | xián guàng | to stroll |
| 闲逸 | xián yì | comfort and leisure |
| 闲适 | xián shì | in leisure and comfort |
| 闲雅 | xián yǎ | elegant; graceful |
| 闲杂 | xián zá | (employee) having no fixed duties |
| 闲口 | xián kǒu | idle talk |
| 闲晃 | xián huàng | to hang around; to hang out |
| 闲书 | xián shū | light reading |
| 闲混 | xián hùn | loiter |
