鴉雀無聲

鴉雀無聲

Chinese

			noiseless; voiceless; silent
trad. (鴉雀無聲)		鴉雀	無聲
simp. (鸦雀无声)		鸦雀	无声
Literally: “not even a crow or sparrow can be heard”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāquèwúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄨˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ zoek³ mou⁴ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāquèwúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iachiuehwusheng
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵¹ u³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹ zoek³ mou⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: ā jeuk mòuh sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ dzoek⁸ mou⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹ zêg³ mou⁴ xing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /äː⁵⁵ t͡ʃœ̽ːk̚³ mou̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

鴉雀無聲

1. dead silent; utterly quiet