噤若寒蟬
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Chinese
[edit]unable to speak; silent | to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if |
cicada in winter; a kind of cicada that is small in size and bluegreen-red in colour | ||
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trad. (噤若寒蟬) | 噤 | 若 | 寒蟬 | |
simp. (噤若寒蝉) | 噤 | 若 | 寒蝉 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jìnruòhánchán
- Wade–Giles: chin4-jo4-han2-chʻan2
- Yale: jìn-rwò-hán-chán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnruohharncharn
- Palladius: цзиньжоханьчань (czinʹžoxanʹčanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ xän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam3 joek6 hon4 sim4
- Yale: gam yeuhk hòhn sìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam3 joek9 hon4 sim4
- Guangdong Romanization: gem3 yêg6 hon4 xim4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm³³ jœːk̚² hɔːn²¹ siːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]噤若寒蟬
- to remain silent out of fear; to refrain unwillingly from speaking out