How to Say ‘Quiet’ in Traditional Chinese
安靜
ān jìng
[ahn-jing]
💬 Usage Tip: Adjectives like 安靜 can be the whole predicate by themselves in Chinese — no 是 needed. So 他很安靜 and 大家安靜了 are both natural.
Phrase Breakdown
安靜
ān jìng
[ahn-jing]
quiet; calm
Describes a place or group with little or no noise. It can also suggest a tense silence after a close call.
裁判吹哨後，全場變得很安靜。
After the referee blew the whistle, the whole stadium became very quiet.
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