jìngqiāoqiāo

静悄悄

Word · AdjectiveTraditional靜悄悄

very quiet; noiseless

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

adjective

very quiet; silent; noiseless

neutral

Typically used with '的' (~的) as a descriptive complement after a noun or at the end of a clause. Describes an atmosphere or environment with an almost palpable silence. This is a state descriptive word (状态词).

Yè夜
shēn深
le了
 ,
sì四
zhōu周
jìng静
qiāo悄
qiāo悄
de的
 。

Late at night, the surroundings were dead silent.

Tóng同
xué学
men们
dōu都
zài在
rèn认
zhēn真
kǎo考
shì试
 ,
jiào教
shì室
lǐ里
jìng静
qiāo悄
qiāo悄
de的
 。

All the students were taking the exam seriously, and the classroom was very quiet.

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Tā他
jìng静
qiāo悄
qiāo悄
de地
zǒu走
jìn进
fáng房
jiān间
 ,
méi没
yǒu有
chǎo吵
xǐng醒
rèn任
hé何
rén人
 。

He walked into the room very quietly and didn't wake anyone up.

Sēn森
lín林
de的
zǎo早
chén晨
 ,
chú除
le了
niǎo鸟
jiào叫
 ,
yī一
qiè切
dōu都
shì是
jìng静
qiāo悄
qiāo悄
de的
 。

In the morning forest, apart from the birdsong, everything was perfectly still.