鸦雀无声 yāquèwúshēng▶ silencioso

Stroke order

鸦雀无声 is written in 31 strokes across 4 characters.

• 鸦 — 9 strokes
• 雀 — 11 strokes
• 无 — 4 strokes
• 声 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. lit. crow and peacock make no sound
2. absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
3. absolute silence

Related words

• 声势ímpetu; impulso
• 声明declaración
• 声誉reputación
• 无偿gratis
• 无比extremadamente
• 无知ignorancia

鸦雀无声 is pronounced yāquèwúshēng and means “silencioso”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 鸦雀无声 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.