一
声
不
吭

To not say a word in Chinese: 一声不吭 (yī shēng bù kēng)

yī shēng bù kēng

to not say a word

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 一聲不吭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to not say a word

Stroke order

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一
声
不
吭

Zhuyin

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄕㄥ

shēng

ㄕ/ shㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄎㄥ

kēng

ㄎ/ kㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

一声不吭

Simplified

一聲不吭

Traditional

Example sentences

See 一声不吭 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他一声不吭地走了。

    tā yì shēng bù kēng dì zǒu le。

    He left without saying a single word.

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Related words

不

bù

no

一

yī

one

声

shēng

sound

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

声音

shēng yīn

voice

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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