噤若寒蟬

Chinese

		unable to speak; silent	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	cicada in winter; a kind of cicada that is small in size and bluegreen-red in colour
trad. (噤若寒蟬)		噤	若	寒蟬
simp. (噤若寒蝉)		噤	若	寒蝉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnruòhánchán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam³ joek⁶ hon⁴ sim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnruòhánchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnruòhánchán
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-jo⁴-han²-chʻan²
    • Yale: jìn-rwò-hán-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnruohharncharn
    • Palladius: цзиньжоханьчань (czinʹžoxanʹčanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ xän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam³ joek⁶ hon⁴ sim⁴
    • Yale: gam yeuhk hòhn sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam³ joek⁹ hon⁴ sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem³ yêg⁶ hon⁴ xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³³ jœːk̚² hɔːn²¹ siːm²¹/

Idiom

噤若寒蟬

1. to remain silent out of fear; to refrain unwillingly from speaking out