默默

mò mò

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Adverb Uncommon

Definitions

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loud voice

Antonym meaning 'loudly' or 'out loud'.

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quiet; making little or no noise

Describes doing something stealthily or secretly.

Often paired with 无闻 (默默无闻) to mean unknown to the public, or with 忍受 (默默忍受) to endure silently.

Do not confuse with 慢慢 (mànmàn, slowly); pronunciation and meaning differ.

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父母总是默默守护着自己的孩子。

Parents always silently guard their children.

默默地走。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13150954)

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obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation

silent