静悄悄

靜悄悄

jìngqiāoqiāo

adjective #30,165

Meanings

1 very quiet
2 silently
3 still and quiet

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

他静悄悄地走进了房间。

Tā jìngqiāoqiāo de zǒujìn le fángjiān.

He silently walked into the room.

HSK 7-9

深夜的街道静悄悄的。

Shēnyè de jiēdào jìngqiāoqiāo de.

The streets are dead quiet late at night.

Tips

grammar

Reduplicated suffix 悄悄 intensifies 静 'quiet' - the AABB-style pattern is common in Chinese for vivid descriptions (e.g. 红彤彤, 黑漆漆). It typically takes 的 when used predicatively and 地 when used adverbially.

Stroke Order

静 jìng

悄 qiāo