jìn

common
literary

Meaning of

唫 means to keep silent; to shut one's mouth; to refrain from speaking. Pronounced jìn.

  • to keep silent; to shut one's mouth; to refrain from speaking

Character Info

Radical
Strokes7

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

tīng
le
zhè
ge
xiāo
xi
 
dùn
shí
jìn
ruò
hán
chán
 

Upon hearing this news, he immediately fell as silent as a cicada in winter (too scared to make a sound).

Běi
fēng
lǐn
liè
 
dòng
de
kǒu
jìn
nán
kāi
 

The north wind was bitingly cold, freezing me so that I could hardly open my mouth to speak.

Zhòng
rén
zài
wēi
yán
de
guān
miàn
qián
jìn
shēng
 

The crowd fell silent in front of the stern judge.

huà
xià
de
zài
chǎng
de
rén
jìn
ruò
hán
chán
 
rén
gǎn
zài
chū
shēng
 

His one sentence frightened everyone present into absolute silence; no one dared to make another sound.