沉默

Pinyin: chénmò

taciturn; uncommunicative; silent

Example sentence

我们保持了沉默。

Wǒmen bǎochí le chénmò.

We kept quiet.

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What 沉默 means

沉默 (chénmò) is a Chinese word meaning “taciturn; uncommunicative; silent”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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