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悄悄

qiāoqiāo
adverbHSK 5

“Quiet” in Chinese is 悄悄 (qiāoqiāo).

Meaning

  • quiet; making little or no noise
  • surreptitious; stealthy
  • anxious; worried

Example

我悄悄把信给了他。

I slipped the letter to him.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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