"沉默" meaning in Chinese

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Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sʰɐm²¹ mɐk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tim¹³⁻²² biɪk̚¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tim²⁴⁻²² biɪk̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /tim²⁴⁻²² biak̚²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /t͡sʰɐm²¹ mɐk̚²/, /tim¹³⁻²² biɪk̚¹²¹/, /tim²⁴⁻²² biɪk̚⁴/, /tim²⁴⁻²² biak̚²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: chénmò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], cam⁴ mak⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tîm-be̍k, tîm-bia̍k, chénmò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], chénmò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻên²-mo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chén-mwò [Mandarin, Yale, standard], chernmoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чэньмо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čɛnʹmo [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], chàhm mahk [Cantonese, Yale], tsam⁴ mak⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], cem⁴ meg⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tîm-be̍k [Hokkien, POJ], tîm-bi̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], dimbek [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tîm-bia̍k [Hokkien, POJ], tîm-bia̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], dimbiak [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} 沉默
  1. to be silent; to not speak; to be reticent; to be taciturn; to be untalkative Categories (topical): Silence Synonyms: 緘默/缄默 (jiānmò), 緘默 (jiānmò), 缄默 (jiānmò) Derived forms: 打破沉默, 沉默寡言 (chénmòguǎyán), 沉默是金 (chénmò shì jīn), 沉默權, 沉默权 Related terms: 默然 (mòrán) [literary]
    Sense id: en-沉默-zh-verb-7vYGU-3L Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin

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          "text": "沉默是一种处世哲学,用得好时,又是一种艺术。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 朱自清《沉默》\nChénmò shì yī zhǒng chǔshì zhéxué, yòng de hǎo shí, yòu shì yī zhǒng yìshù. [Pinyin]",
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          "ref": "但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方:他的從容,他的沉默,他的獨斷獨行,他的一去不回頭,都是力的表現,都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的,決不粘粘搭搭的,一針見血,一刀兩斷,這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]",
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          "ref": "但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方:他的從容,他的沉默,他的獨斷獨行,他的一去不回頭,都是力的表現,都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的,決不粘粘搭搭的,一針見血,一刀兩斷,這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]",
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    },
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        "Zhangzhou"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "dimbiak"
    },
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        "Quanzhou"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ mɐk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim¹³⁻²² biɪk̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻²² biɪk̚⁴/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻²² biak̚²⁴/"
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      "roman": "jiānmò",
      "word": "緘默/缄默"
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      "roman": "jiānmò",
      "word": "緘默"
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    {
      "roman": "jiānmò",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.