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沉默 chénmò

沉默 chénmò Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 沉默 chénmò .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chénmò | chen2 mo4
English translation
taciturn
uncommunicative
silent

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About 沉默 chénmò

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Traditional form

沉默 chénmò

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 沉默 chénmò

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chēn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and chēn represents the sound. Variant of chén .

Positional decomposition

氵冗

Number of Strokes

7

Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

黑犬

Number of Strokes

16

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Example sentences using 沉默 chénmò

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Tán 使 shǐ 音乐 yīnyuè 沉默 chénmò mèng Guān zài 盒子 hézi de 现实 xiànshí .

Not about realities that kept the music silent, the dreams in a box.

沉默 chénmò le hěn jiǔ 之后 zhī hòu , 忽然 hūrán 笑了起来 qǐlai .

After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.

Xià chóng wéi 沉默 chénmò ,沉默 chénmò shì 今晚 jīn wǎn de 康桥 Kāng qiáo !

Even summer insects keep silence for me Silent is Cambridge tonight!

沉默 chénmò shì Jīn , 雄辩 xióng biàn shì yín .

Silence is golden, but speech is silver.

92雄辩 xióng biàn shì yín , 沉默 chénmò shì Jīn .

92 Speech is silver, silence is gold.

沉默 chénmò Decomposition

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沉默 chénmò Compounds

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