緘默

See also: 缄默

Chinese

		letters; to close; seal	silent; write from memory
trad. (緘默)		緘	默
simp. (缄默)		缄	默

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānmò

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam¹ mak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianmò
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-mo⁴
  - Yale: jyān-mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianmoh
  - Palladius: цзяньмо (czjanʹmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaam¹ mak⁶
  - Yale: gāam mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaam¹ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gam¹ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm⁵⁵ mɐk̚²/

Verb

緘默

to be silent; to not speak; to be reticent; to be taciturn; to be untalkative
保持緘默／保持缄默 ― bǎochí jiānmò ― to keep silent

Synonyms

沉默 (chénmò)

Derived terms

緘默權 / 缄默权 (jiānmòquán)
緘默法則 / 缄默法则 (jiānmò fǎzé)
緘默症 / 缄默症 (jiānmòzhèng)

Related terms

(literary) 默然 (mòrán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緘	默
かん Hyōgai	もく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 緘默 – see the following entry.

【緘黙かんもく】

[noun] keeping silent

[verb] keep silent

(This term, 緘默, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)