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): ㄧㄚㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ zoek³ mou⁴ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yāquèwúshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄑㄩㄝˋ 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

dead silent; utterly quiet

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