Chinese symbol for “quietly”
悄然
qiǎo rán
quietly; sorrowfully
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quietly is 悄然 (qiǎo rán), defined as: quietly; sorrowfully.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “quietly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悄无声息 (悄無聲息) | qiǎo wú shēng xī | quietly; noiselessly |
| 悄声 (悄聲) | qiǎo shēng | quietly; in a low voice |
| 轻手轻脚 (輕手輕腳) | qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo | (idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently |
| 不事张扬 (不事張揚) | bù shì zhāng yáng | quietly; without ostentation |
| 蹑悄悄 (躡悄悄) | niè qiāo qiāo | softly; quietly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悄然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悄悄 | qiāo qiāo | quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy |
| 静悄悄 (靜悄悄) | jìng qiāo qiāo | extremely quiet |
| 悄悄话 (悄悄話) | qiāo qiao huà | whisperings; private words |
| 悄无声息 (悄無聲息) | qiǎo wú shēng xī | quietly; noiselessly |
| 悄声 (悄聲) | qiǎo shēng | quietly; in a low voice |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quietly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.