无言

無言
wúyán
adjective #22,370

Meanings

  1. 1 speechless
  2. 2 having nothing to say
  3. 3 silent (out of emotion or shock)

Examples

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā wúyányǐduì.
Upon hearing the news, he was left speechless.
Miànduì tā de zhǐzé, tā zhǐshì wúyán de dīxià le tóu.
Faced with her accusations, he silently bowed his head.

Tips

usage
无言 often implies being rendered speechless by emotion, grief, shock, or having no valid counter-argument. The fuller idiom 无言以对 means 'have nothing to say in response' and is very common.

Stroke Order

yán