DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

漸入佳境

简渐入佳境 · 繁漸入佳境

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn rù jiā jìng

(idiom) to gradually improve; to get better and better

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

漸: Look up this written character
入: rù · enter, come in(to), join
佳: jiā · good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful
境: jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
渐: jiàn · gradually

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–1–4 · jian4 ru4 jia1 jing4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

漸入佳境 · find source passages ↗ · 渐入佳境 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zim6 jap6 gaai1 ging2

Cantonese word readings for 漸入佳境. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) to start doing well; to be getting better

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack