寡言

guǎyán

adjective #43,376

Meanings

HSK 5

她沉默寡言，大家都不太了解她。

Tā chénmò guǎyán, dàjiā dōu bú tài liǎojiě tā.

She is quiet and reserved, and no one really knows her.

HSK 6

父亲是个寡言的人，却总是默默关心我们。

Fùqin shì ge guǎyán de rén, què zǒngshì mòmò guānxīn wǒmen.

Father is a man of few words, but he always quietly looks after us.

usage

Mostly in 沉默寡言 ‘silent and reserved’. 寡 means ‘few’, as in 寡不敌众 ‘the few cannot beat the many’.

寡 guǎ

言 yán