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私语

sī yǔ

2-character word Traditional 私語

What 私语 means

1. to discuss in whispered tones
2. whispered conversation

The characters in 私语

• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech

Example sentences

• 男孩们窃窃私语，我知道他们准备做些什么。
  Nánháimen qièqiè-sīyǔ, wǒ zhīdào tāmen zhǔnbèi zuò xiē shénme.
  The boys were whispering; I knew they were up to something.
• 男孩们窃窃私语，我知道他们准备做些什幺。
  The boys were whispering; I knew they were up to something.

Words containing 私语

• 窃窃私语qiè qiè sī yǔ(idiom) to whisper
• 切切私语qiè qiè sī yǔa private whisper

Sounds the same

Read sī yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丝雨drizzle; fine rain