悄 (qiǎo): quiet, sad
悄 (qiǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “quiet.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 肖 (phonetic). It ranks #1425 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 悄 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- quiet
- sad
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 悄
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悄悄话 | qiāo qiao huà | whisperings |
| 悄然 | qiǎo rán | quietly |
| 悄无声息 | qiǎo wú shēng xī | quietly |
| 静悄悄 | jìng qiāo qiāo | extremely quiet |
| 悄声 | qiǎo shēng | quietly |
| 悄然无声 | qiǎo rán wú shēng | absolutely quiet |
| 蹑悄悄 | niè qiāo qiāo | softly |
| 悄悄咪咪 | qiāo qiāo mī mī | (dialect) quietly |
| 悄咪咪 | qiāo mī mī | see 悄悄咪咪[qiao1 qiao1 mi1 mi1] |
悄 appears in 10 compound words: 80 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 悄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他悄悄地走进房间,不想吵醒熟睡的孩子。
Tā qiāoqiāo de zǒu jìn fángjiān, bù xiǎng chǎoxǐng shúshuì de háizi.
He quietly entered the room, not wanting to wake the sleeping child.
三星南韩手机市占悄悄流向苹果 折叠iPhone更将投下变数
sān xīng nán hán shǒu jī shì zhàn qiǎo qiǎo liú xiàng píng guǒ zhé dié i P h o n e gēng jiāng tóu xià biàn shǔ
Samsung's market share in South Korea's smartphone market is quietly shifting to Apple, and the launch of the foldable iPhone is set to introduce further uncertainty.
不只半导体材料需求旺 新应材悄悄布局CPO
bù zhī bàn dǎo tǐ cái liào xū qiú wàng xīn yīng cái qiǎo qiǎo bù jú C P O
It's Not Just Semiconductor Materials That Are in High Demand: Xinying Materials Quietly Expands into CPO
...,股市越涨?为什么牛市总在“世界末日”时悄悄启动? 博弈的逻辑的微博视频
. . . , gǔ shì yuè zhǎng ? wéi shén má niú shì zǒng zài shì jiè mò rì shí qiǎo qiǎo qǐ dòng ? bó yì de luó jí de wēi bó shì pín
..., the more the stock market rises? Why do bull markets always start quietly when the "end of the world" is predicted? A Weibo video on the logic of market dynamics
当心睡眠不足,悄悄拉高孩子的血压
dāng xīn shuì mián bù zú , qiǎo qiǎo lā gāo hái zǐ de xiě yā
Beware of sleep deprivation—it can quietly raise your child’s blood pressure
“过去式生活”正在悄然流行,看似守旧,实则越活越有底气
guò qù shì shēng huó zhèng zài qiǎo rán liú háng , kàn sì shǒu jiù , shí zé yuè huó yuè yǒu de qì
"Retro living" is quietly gaining popularity; while it may seem old-fashioned, it actually gives people a growing sense of confidence.
她跟你说了什么悄悄话?
Tā gēn nǐ shuō le shénme qiāoqiaohuà?
What did she whisper to you?
他静悄悄地走出了房间,谁也没有发现。
Tā jìngqiāoqiāo de zǒuchū le fángjiān, shéi yě méiyǒu fāxiàn.
He went out of the room without being noticed by anyone.
玛丽悄悄地关上了门。
Mǎlì qiāoqiāo de guānshàng le mén.
Mary closed the door quietly.
我悄悄把信给了他。
Wǒ qiāoqiāo bǎ xìn gěi le tā.
I slipped the letter to him.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced qiǎo
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