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悄无声息

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Pīnyīn
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quietly / noiselessly

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
悄
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *悄* | 悄* | *悄
10画
silent, quiet, still; anxious
9902.7
PFB
无
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *无* | 无* | *无
4画
negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
無
1041.0
MKU
声
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *声* | 声* | *声
7画
sound, voice, noise; tone; music
聲
4027.7
GAH
息
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *息* | 息* | *息
10画
rest, put stop to, end, cease
2633.0
HUP

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
悄无声息
quietly / noiselessly
悄
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *悄* | 悄* | *悄
used in 悄悄
悄
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *悄* | 悄* | *悄
quiet / sad
 无
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
 无
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
 无声
soundless; silent
  声
  shēng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
  声息
sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper
   息
   xī​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *息* | 息* | *息
(bound form) breath / (bound form) to cease; to stop / (bound form) to rest / (bound form) news / (bound form) interest (on money) / (bound form) to grow; to multiply / (literary) one's child / Taiwan pr. [xi2]