Chinese symbol for “whispered”

低低切切

dī dī qiè qiè

in a low voice; whispered

The closest CC-CEDICT match for whispered is 低低切切 (dī dī qiè qiè), defined as: in a low voice; whispered.

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Characters and stroke order

低 dī

low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

低

低 dī

low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

切 qiè

to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager

radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

切

切 qiè

to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager

radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 低低切切.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
降低	jiàng dī	to reduce; to lower; to bring down
低于 (低於)	dī yú	to be lower than
低下	dī xià	low status; lowly
高低	gāo dī	height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority
低头 (低頭)	dī tóu	to bow the head; to yield
低温 (低溫)	dī wēn	low temperature
一切	yī qiè	everything; every
密切	mì qiè	close; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc)
切实 (切實)	qiè shí	feasible; realistic

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.