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Meaning of 杳

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Pinyin: yǎo
English Definition: dark and quiet; disappear
Chinese Definition:
①无影无声:杳无音信。杳然无声。杳如黄鹤(喻人或物全无踪影)。
②幽暗,深广:杳渺。杳冥。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Ideographic:The sun setting below the woods
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • [ ] sun; day; daytime
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Example Words
杳无音信 yǎo yīn xìn to have no news whatever
杳然 yǎo rán quiet, silent, and lonely; far and indistinct; gone without a trace
杳如黄鹤 yǎo huáng to be gone forever (idiom); to disappear without a trace
杳无人迹 yǎo rén All was quiet with no one about. (idiom)
杳无踪迹 yǎo zōng to disappear without a trace (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
In a land that no man knows.
2
Then three weeks went by without a letter. Finally, a telegram came, saying.
3
The carriage rolled briskly through the long streets into the smoky downtown district.
4
We did a survey of our readers and this is what we learned.
5
The following day, Mu Du left gloomily. But at noon, he came back with smiles brimming from his eyes.