粵

沉cam4靜zing6

simp沉静
cam4 zing6chén jìng

English

  1. peaceful
  2. quiet and calm
  3. quiet
  4. inactive; dying down (of an atmosphere, activity, market, etc.)
  5. calm
  6. gentle

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇乜波動,亦冇乜聲音
  2. 沉寂;冇新嘅消息

Examples

  • 沉靜咗一段時間

    to have died down for a period of time

  • 個市沉靜咗一排,最近又活躍返。

    After being stagnant for a while, the market has recently started to pick up again.

  • 佢份人好沉靜㗎,唔係好成日講嘢。

    She is very quiet and calm and barely speaks much. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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