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沉默

chén mò

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

沉默 (chén mò) means "taciturn". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 沉默 means

1. taciturn
2. uncommunicative
3. silent

The characters in 沉默

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 默mòsilent; to write from memory

Example sentences

• 沉默是金。
  Chénmòshìjīn.
  Silence is golden.
• 我们保持了沉默。
  We kept quiet.
• 沉默就意味着同意。
  Silence gives consent.
• 男孩依旧沉默不语。
  The boy remained silent.
• 人们无法保持沉默。
  People can't keep quiet.
• 我不会保持沉默的。
  I won't stay silent.

Words starting with 沉默

• 沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yánhabitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
• 沉默是金chén mò shì jīnsilence is golden (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read chén mò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沉没to sink

Where 沉默 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Moods (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chén mò correctly.
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