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Meaning of 噤

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噤
Pinyin: jìn
English Definition: unable to speak; silent
Chinese Definition:
①闭口不说话:噤口。噤声。噤若寒蝉。
②因寒冷而咬紧牙关或牙齿打战:噤战。寒噤。
Total strokes: 16; Radical: 口
Ideographic:Forbidden 禁 to speak 口; 禁 also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
    • 禁 [ jìn ] to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
Similar Characters: 澿
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Example Words
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)
More:噤* | *噤 | *噤*
Example Sentences
1
“
北冰洋
”
号的船员已经被要求闭嘴噤声
。
The crew of the Arctic Sea have been told to keep their mouths shut.
2
冉阿让早已忘了他先头用来噤住珂赛特的方法
。
Jean Valjean had already forgotten the means which he had employed to make Cosette keep silent.
3
针对
G
20
集团会议我们提出以上的要求
,
在未来我们将不会噤声
。
We present these demands in response to the G20 meeting, and will continue to present them in the future.
4
这就是疯狂马克思主义和英国女人要审查我们
,
使我们噤声的险恶用心所在
。
Hence the vicious attempts, on the part of the Mad Marxists and Englishwomen, to censor and silence us.
5
完善高等教育并不容易
,
可以让全体教员噤声的任何一所学院校长可以证明这点
。
Fixing higher education isn' t easy, as any college president who has locked horns with faculty will attest.