默默無言

简 默默无言 · 繁 默默無言
Cantonese · source Jyutpingmak6 mak6 mou4 jin4

Meanings

  1. in silence; to say nothing; to not utter a word [written and colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

mak唛mak1a mugmak2—mak3—mak4—mak5—麦mak6wheat

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: mo4mo4 wu2yan2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity默默無言 默默无言 [mo4mo4 wu2yan2] {mak6 mak6 mou4 jin4} /in silence; to say nothing; to not utter a word [written and colloquial]/

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