沉默
chén mòㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TRẦM MẶC
Traditional: 沉默
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 5
Meaning(nominal adjective, adjective, verb)
taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
Examples
听到这个消息,他沉默了很久。
tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī, tā chén mò le hěn jiǔ.
On hearing the news, he was silent for a long time.
她是一个沉默的人。
tā shì yí gè chén mò de rén.
She's a quiet person.
面对问题,沉默不是办法。
miàn duì wèn tí, chén mò bú shì bàn fǎ.
Staying silent is no way to deal with a problem.
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Stroke order
TRẦM · 7 strokes
to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
MẶC · 16 strokes
silent; to write from memory
Related words
- 沉重 chén zhòng — heavy; hard; serious; critical
- 沉思 chén sī — to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
- 深沉 shēn chén — deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
- 沉着 chén zhuó — steady; calm and collected; not nervous
- 沉闷 chén mèn — oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- 沉淀 chén diàn — to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation