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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
悄悄
- quiet; silent
一小群人站在門口，悄悄地交談著。 [MSC, trad.]
一小群人站在门口，悄悄地交谈着。 [MSC, simp.]- Yī xiǎo qún rén zhàn zài ménkǒu, qiāoqiāo de jiāotánzhe.
- A small group of people stand about by the gate, talking quietly.
悄悄月侵牖，蕭蕭風振柯。關心十年事，坐數撲燈蛾。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 《石州集/석주집》, 1631
- Chocho wol chim yu, soso pung jin ga. Gwansim sip nyeon sa, jwa su bak deung a. [Sino-Korean]
- The silent moonlight seeps through the window,
The desolate wind tilts at the branches.
My mind entangled in the past ten years,
I sit and count the moths hitting the lamp.
- (literary) distressed; sorrowful
Synonyms
- 和平 (hépíng)
- 嗼寂 (mòjì)
- 安恬 (āntián) (literary)
- 安生 (ānshēng)
- 安謐／安谧 (ānmì) (literary)
- 安靖 (ānjìng) (literary)
- 安靜／安静 (ānjìng)
- 寂寥 (jìliáo)
- 寂寞 (jìmò)
- 寂然 (jìrán) (literary)
- 寂靜／寂静 (jìjìng)
- 寧靜／宁静 (níngjìng)
- 平和
- 平靜／平静 (píngjìng)
- 幽靜／幽静 (yōujìng)
- 恬 (Hakka, literary or Min Nan)
- 恬倓 (tiántán)
- 恬淡 (tiándàn)
- 恬謐／恬谧 (tiánmì) (literary)
- 恬靜／恬静 (tiánjìng)
- 沉寂 (chénjì)
- 沉靜／沉静 (chénjìng)
- 清淨／清净 (qīngjìng)
- 清靜／清静 (qīngjìng)
- 自靜／自静 (zi3 jing2) (Jin)
- 靜寂／静寂 (jìngjì)
- 靜寂寂／静寂寂 (Hokkien)
- 靜悄悄／静悄悄 (jìngqiāoqiāo)
- 靜生生／静生生 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
Derived terms
Adverb
悄悄
- in secret; stealthily; without allowing others to notice
最終協議的談判正在悄悄進行。 [MSC, trad.]
最终协议的谈判正在悄悄进行。 [MSC, simp.]- Zuìzhōng xiéyì de tánpàn zhèngzài qiāoqiāo jìnxíng.
- Negotiations on the final agreement are progressing in secret.
孩子們悄悄扔掉肉串上的洋蔥。 [MSC, trad.]
孩子们悄悄扔掉肉串上的洋葱。 [MSC, simp.]- Háizǐmen qiāoqiāo rēngdiào ròuchuàn shàng de yángcōng.
- The children secretly threw away the rings of raw onions in their kebabs.
Synonyms
- (stealthily): 暗暗 (àn'àn), 靜悄悄／静悄悄 (jìngqiāoqiāo), 偷偷 (tōutōu)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
悄悄 • (shōshō) ←せうせう (seuseu)?†-tari (adnominal 悄悄とした (shōshō to shita) or 悄悄たる (shōshō taru), adverbial 悄悄と (shōshō to) or 悄悄として (shōshō to shite))
- spiritless, not energetic
- quiet, tranquil
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Irrealis (未然形)
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悄悄たら |
しょうしょうたら |
syousyoutara
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| Continuative (連用形)
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悄悄と
悄悄たり |
しょうしょうと
しょうしょうたり |
syousyouto
syousyoutari
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| Terminal (終止形)
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悄悄たり |
しょうしょうたり |
syousyoutari
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| Attributive (連体形)
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悄悄たる |
しょうしょうたる |
syousyoutaru
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| Realis (已然形)
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悄悄たれ |
しょうしょうたれ |
syousyoutare
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| Imperative (命令形)
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悄悄たれ |
しょうしょうたれ |
syousyoutare
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| Key constructions
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| Negative
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悄悄たらず |
しょうしょうたらず |
syousyoutarazu
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| Contrasting conjunction
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悄悄たれど |
しょうしょうたれど |
syousyoutaredo
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| Causal conjunction
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悄悄たれば |
しょうしょうたれば |
syousyoutareba
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| Conditional conjunction
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悄悄たらば |
しょうしょうたらば |
syousyoutaraba
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| Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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悄悄たりき |
しょうしょうたりき |
syousyoutariki
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| Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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悄悄たりけり |
しょうしょうたりけり |
syousyoutarikeri
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| Adverbial
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悄悄と |
しょうしょうと |
syousyouto
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Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 悄悄 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 悄悄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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