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 blue green-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

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

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

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