緘默

See also: 缄默

Chinese

		letters; to close; seal	silent; write from memory
trad. (緘默)		緘	默
simp. (缄默)		缄	默

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam¹ mak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianmò
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-mo⁴
    • Yale: jyān-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianmoh
    • Palladius: цзяньмо (czjanʹmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam¹ mak⁶
    • Yale: gāam mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam¹ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam¹ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm⁵⁵ mɐk̚²/

Verb

緘默

1. to be silent; to not speak; to be reticent; to be taciturn; to be untalkative

   保持緘默／保持缄默  ―  bǎochí jiānmò  ―  to keep silent

Synonyms

• 沉默 (chénmò)

Derived terms

• 緘默權／缄默权 (jiānmòquán)
• 緘默法則／缄默法则 (jiānmò fǎzé)
• 緘默症／缄默症 (jiānmòzhèng)

 

Related terms

• (literary) 默然 (mòrán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緘	默
かん Hyōgaiji	もく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

緘(かん)默(もく) • (kanmoku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 緘黙

Verb

緘(かん)默(もく)する • (kanmoku suru) suru (stem 緘(かん)默(もく)し (kanmoku shi), past 緘(かん)默(もく)した (kanmoku shita))

1. Kyūjitai form of 緘黙

Conjugation

Conjugation of "緘默する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	緘默し	かんもくし	kanmoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	緘默し	かんもくし	kanmoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	緘默する	かんもくする	kanmoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	緘默する	かんもくする	kanmoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	緘默すれ	かんもくすれ	kanmoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	緘默せよ¹ 緘默しろ²	かんもくせよ¹ かんもくしろ²	kanmoku seyo¹ kanmoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	緘默される	かんもくされる	kanmoku sareru
Causative	緘默させる 緘默さす	かんもくさせる かんもくさす	kanmoku saseru kanmoku sasu
Potential	緘默できる	かんもくできる	kanmoku dekiru
Volitional	緘默しよう	かんもくしよう	kanmoku shiyō
Negative	緘默しない	かんもくしない	kanmoku shinai
Negative continuative	緘默せず	かんもくせず	kanmoku sezu
Formal	緘默します	かんもくします	kanmoku shimasu
Perfective	緘默した	かんもくした	kanmoku shita
Conjunctive	緘默して	かんもくして	kanmoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	緘默すれば	かんもくすれば	kanmoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative