鴉雀無聲

Chinese

		crow	bird; lentigo; sparrow	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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāquèwúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yacyuèwúsheng
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-chʻüeh⁴-wu²-shêng¹
    • Yale: yā-chywè-wú-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iachiuehwusheng
    • Palladius: яцюэушэн (jacjueušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ u³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹ zoek³ mou⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: ā jeuk mòuh sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ dzoek⁸ mou⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹ zêg³ mou⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³ mou̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

鴉雀無聲

1. dead silent; utterly quiet