静悄悄

靜悄悄

jìngqiāoqiāo

adjective #30,165

Meanings

1 very quiet
2 silently
3 still and quiet

Characters

Examples

深夜的街道静悄悄的。

Shēnyè de jiēdào jìngqiāoqiāo de.

The streets are dead quiet late at night.

他静悄悄地走进了房间。

Tā jìngqiāoqiāo de zǒu jìn le fángjiān.

He silently walked into the room.

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