| 寒噤 | hán jìn | a shiver | |
| 噤若寒蝉 | jìn ruò hán chán | to keep quiet out of fear (idiom) | |
| 噤声令 | jìn shēng lìng | gag order | |
| 口噤不语 | kǒu jìn bù yǔ | clenched jaw and inability to speak (Chinese medicine) | |
| 噤不能言 | jìn bù néng yán | to have lost one's tongue (idiom) |
| 1 | The crew of the Arctic Sea have been told to keep their mouths shut. | |
| 2 | Jean Valjean had already forgotten the means which he had employed to make Cosette keep silent. | |
| 3 | We present these demands in response to the G20 meeting, and will continue to present them in the future. | |
| 4 | Hence the vicious attempts, on the part of the Mad Marxists and Englishwomen, to censor and silence us. | |
| 5 | Fixing higher education isn' t easy, as any college president who has locked horns with faculty will attest. |