Chinese symbol for “stealthy”
悄悄
qiāo qiāo
quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stealthy is 悄悄 (qiāo qiāo), defined as: quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3].
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悄悄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悄然 | qiǎo rán | quietly; sorrowfully |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stealthy”.
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.