"still and silent" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
阒然 闃然 qù rán quiet / still and silent
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn
尚存 shàng cún still remains / still exists / still has
静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn
still / silent syn
still / silent
方兴未艾 方興未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up syn
方滋未艾 fāng zī wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
方兴未已 方興未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
又想当婊子又想立牌坊 又想當婊子又想立牌坊 yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too
还有 還有 hái yǒu there still remain(s) / there is (or are) still / in addition syn
gèng more / even more / further / still / still more syn
chán still (as of water) / still water
虽死犹生 雖死猶生 suī sǐ yóu shēng lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom) / still with us in spirit
阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
老骥伏枥志在千里 老驥伏櫪志在千里 lǎo jì fú lì zhì zài qiān lǐ (lit.) an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 li / (fig.) old people may still cherish high aspirations
百尺竿头,更尽一步 百尺竿頭,更盡一步 bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom) / fig. much accomplished, still some work to do / to continue to further successes / not to rest on one's laurels
老骥伏枥,志在千里 老驥伏櫪,志在千里 lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) / fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
食之无味,弃之可惜 食之無味,棄之可惜 shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
杳然 yǎo rán quiet, silent, and lonely / far and indistinct / gone without a trace
不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng bù xiǎng wordless and silent (idiom) / without speaking / taciturn syn
避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn
空寂 kōng jì empty and silent / desolate
芍陂 què bēi Quebei, the ancient name of an irrigation reservoir constructed during the Spring and Autumn period in present-day Anhui, still operational and now known as 安豐塘|安丰塘[An1feng1 Tang2]
寂寞 jì mò lonely / lonesome / (of a place) quiet / silent syn
沉默 chén mò taciturn / uncommunicative / silent syn
无声 無聲 wú shēng noiseless / noiselessly / silent syn
无言 無言 wú yán to remain silent / to have nothing to say
默然 mò rán silent / speechless syn
哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute / mute / silent syn
静音 靜音 jìng yīn quiet / silent / mute
静寂 靜寂 jìng jì quiet / silent syn
沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative syn
缄默 緘默 jiān mò to keep silent syn
不做声 不做聲 bù zuò shēng keep silent / not say a word syn
潸然泪下 潸然淚下 shān rán lèi xià to shed silent tears (idiom) syn
寂然 jì rán silent / quiet syn
肃静 肅靜 sù jìng solemnly silent syn
默想 mò xiǎng silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence syn
春蚕 春蠶 chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
默片 mò piàn silent movie syn
默祷 默禱 mò dǎo silent prayer / pray in silence
冷暴力 lěng bào lì non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment
敢怒而不敢言 gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yán angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom) / obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections syn
silent / to write from memory syn
silent / solitary / Taiwan pr. [ji2] syn
jìn unable to speak / silent
háo old term for northern peoples / silent syn
old term for northern peoples / silent syn
name of a wild tribe / silent
不赞一词 不贊一詞 bù zàn yī cí to keep silent / to make no comment syn
不言不语 不言不語 bù yán bù yǔ to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent syn
万籁无声 萬籟無聲 wàn lài wú shēng not a sound to be heard (idiom) / dead silent
闭口不言 閉口不言 bì kǒu bù yán to keep silent (idiom)
默不作声 默不作聲 mò bù zuò shēng to keep silent syn
平安夜 píng ān yè Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve
闷声不响 悶聲不響 mēn shēng bù xiǎng to keep silent
杜口 dù kǒu to remain silent
满坐寂然 滿坐寂然 mǎn zuò jì rán the whole audience silent with expectation
无语 無語 wú yǔ to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded
腹诽 腹誹 fù fěi silent curse or disagreement / unspoken criticism
隐蔽强迫下载 隱蔽強迫下載 yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zài drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download
静区 靜區 jìng qū silent zone / blind spot / dead space
一声不响 一聲不響 yī shēng bù xiǎng to keep totally silent / noiselessly syn
保持沉默的权利 right to remain silent
隐藏性紧急情况 silent emergency
秘密同伙 mì mì tòng huǒ secret partner / sleeping partner / silent partner
贫穷隐性紧急情况? 貧窮隱性緊急情況? silent emergencies of poverty
出溜屁 chū liu pì silent fart
闷屁 悶屁 mēn pì silent fart
蔫屁 niān pì silent fart
噤声 噤聲 jìn shēng to keep silent
隐蔽强迫下载 隱蔽強迫下載 yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zǎi drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download
不声不响 不聲不響 bù shēng - bù xiǎng (idiom) wordless / silent / taciturn / without speaking syn
万籁俱寂 萬籟俱寂 wàn lài - jù jì (idiom) dead silent syn
闭麦 閉麥 bì mài to switch one's microphone to "mute" / (fig.) to go silent
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn
正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò to sit upright and still (idiom) syn
逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large
偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom) / fig. to cease / to give in syn
乳臭未干 乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears syn
裹足不前 guǒ zú bù qián to stand still without advancing (idiom) / to hesitate and hold back syn
白面书生 白面書生 bái miàn shū shēng lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears syn
啃老族 kěn lǎo zú (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
千虑一失 千慮一失 qiān lǜ yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human syn
chéng clear and still water
渊渊 淵淵 yuān yuān deep and still / sound of a drum
生炒热卖 生炒熱賣 shēng chǎo rè mài to sell while it's still hot (idiom) / fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
静坐不动 靜坐不動 jìng zuò bù dòng to sit still and do nothing / to sit tight
孔融让梨 孔融讓梨 kǒng róng ràng lí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
现炒现卖 現炒現賣 xiàn chǎo xiàn mài lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school
健在 jiàn zài (of an elderly person) alive and in good health / (of a thing) intact / holding up OK / still going strong syn
实况照片 實況照片 shí kuàng zhào piàn live photo / motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)
还是 還是 hái shi still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or syn
仍然 réng rán still / as before / yet syn
依然 yī rán still / as before syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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