鸦 yā
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 鸟 — bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
鸦雀无声
yāquèwúshēng
utterly silent; not a sound to be heard
Characters in this word
雀 què
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 小 small, tiny, insignificant 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
声 shēng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 士 — scholar, gentleman
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 老师走进教室后，同学们立刻鸦雀无声。 Lǎoshī zǒu jìn jiàoshì hòu, tóngxuémen lìkè yāquèwúshēng. As soon as the teacher walked into the classroom, the students fell utterly silent.
- 夜深了，山谷里鸦雀无声。 Yè shēn le, shāngǔ lǐ yāquèwúshēng. It is late at night; the mountain valley is utterly silent.
- 他宣布这个消息后，全场鸦雀无声。 Tā xuānbù zhège xiāoxi hòu, quánchǎng yāquèwúshēng. After he announced the news, the whole hall was utterly silent.
Related words
- 无 wú no; without
- 无法 wúfǎ unable to
- 无聊 wúliáo boring; bored
- 无论 wúlùn no matter
- 无数 wúshù countless
- 无所谓 wúsuǒwèi it does not matter
- 无限 wúxiàn unlimited; endless
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 毫无 háowú completely without
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 当之无愧 dāngzhīwúkuì fully deserving; worthy of the title