沉默 chénmò▶ im lặng

Stroke order

沉默 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 沉 — 7 strokes
• 默 — 16 strokes

Senses

1. taciturn
2. uncommunicative
3. silent

Related words

• 幽默Hài hước
• 沉思Thiền định
• 沉淀lắng xuống
• 沉着điềm tĩnh; bình tĩnh
• 沉重nặng
• 沉闷áp bức; thu mình

沉默 is pronounced chénmò and means “im lặng”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 沉默 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.