Chinese symbol for “speechless”
默然
mò rán
silent; speechless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for speechless is 默然 (mò rán), defined as: silent; speechless.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “speechless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 语塞 (語塞) | yǔ sè | to be at a loss for words; speechless |
| 哑口 (啞口) | yǎ kǒu | as if dumb; speechless |
| 无语 (無語) | wú yǔ | to remain silent; to have nothing to say |
| 说不出话来 (說不出話來) | shuō bù chū huà lái | speechless |
| 有嘴没舌 (有嘴沒舌) | yǒu zuǐ mò shé | struck dumb; speechless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 默然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 幽默 | yōu mò | (loanword) humor; humorous |
| 默默 | mò mò | in silence; not speaking |
| 默认 (默認) | mò rèn | to agree tacitly; tacit approval |
| 默契 | mò qì | tacit understanding; unwritten agreement; rapport |
| 幽默感 | yōu mò gǎn | sense of humor |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “speechless”.
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.