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窃窃私语

qiè qiè sī yǔ

4-character word Traditional 竊竊私語

What 窃窃私语 means

1. idiomto whisper

The characters in 窃窃私语

• 窃qièto steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 窃qièto steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 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.

Sounds the same

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

• 切切私语a private whisper