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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

悄然

qiǎorán

quietly

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

quietly

02

sorrowfully

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 悄然 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 悄然 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

那沉默就像细细的粉末,悄然漂浮在空中。nà chén mò jiù xiàng xì xì de fěn mò, qiǎo rán piāo fú zài kōng zhōng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

两人相识多年,感情在不知不觉间悄然萌芽。liǎng rén xiāng shí duō nián, gǎn qíng zài bù zhī bù jué jiān qiǎo rán méng yá。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 悄然.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 悄然.

Directly before

  • 间悄然1

Directly after

  • 悄然漂浮1
  • 悄然萌芽1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 悄然

What does 悄然 mean in Chinese?

悄然 (qiǎorán) means quietly.

How do you pronounce 悄然?

悄然 is pronounced qiǎorán.

Is 悄然 an HSK word?

悄然 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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