Meaning of "すわりがいい"?


In a book about introductory Mandarin Chinese written in Japanese, one of the
first sections lists some special characteristics of Mandarin not familiar to
Japanese speakers (e.g. usually only one reading of kanji, no distinctive
male/female language, etc). One of the sections is written below:

> ２字熟語
>
> ２音節、つまり２字熟語が多いというのが中国語の特徴です。２音節は音のすわりがいいと好まれる傾向があるのです。

The first sentence seems to be saying that words in Mandarin are commonly
formed from two syllables, and thus two kanji (what is strange is that it's
mentioned, since two-kanji words are common in Japanese too). The second
sentence's "すわりがいい" is preventing me from figuring out the meaning, though.

TL;DR: what does "すわりがいい" mean?




> 「２[音節]{おんせつ}は[音]{おと}のすわりがいいと[好]{この}まれる[傾向]{けいこう}があるのです。」

「すわりがいい」 can mean a few different things and in this case, it is important to
treat it in pair with 「 **音の** 」. It is not about any other kind of すわり that
the author is talking about.

「音のすわりがいい」 would mean " **aurally pleasing or agreeable** " in my own words.

> "Two-syllable words tend to be preferred (in Chinese) as they are aurally
> pleasing."

「すわりがいい」 is more often used to describe the physical (or spatial) stability of
an object and that would probably be what you get from the dictionary. Here,
the usage is a little different.




> 「２[音節]{おんせつ}は[音]{おと}のすわりがいいと[好]{この}まれる[傾向]{けいこう}があるのです。」

「すわりがいい」 can mean a few different things and in this case, it is important to
treat it in pair with 「 **音の** 」. It is not about any other kind of すわり that
the author is talking about.

「音のすわりがいい」 would mean " **aurally pleasing or agreeable** " in my own words.

> "Two-syllable words tend to be preferred (in Chinese) as they are aurally
> pleasing."

「すわりがいい」 is more often used to describe the physical (or spatial) stability of
an object and that would probably be what you get from the dictionary. Here,
the usage is a little different.

