Word Meaning 沈黙は金雄弁は銀

ちんもくはきんゆうべんはぎん chimmoku ha kinyuuben ha gin

沈黙は金雄弁は銀 is read as ちんもくはきんゆうべんはぎん (chimmoku ha kinyuuben ha gin) and means speech is silver, silence is golden.

Meaning

English

speech is silver, silence is golden

Reading

Kana

ちんもくはきんゆうべんはぎん

Romaji

chimmoku ha kinyuuben ha gin

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 67 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 100775 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

雄弁は銀沈黙は金

ゆうべんはぎんちんもくはきん

speech is silver, silence is golden

沈黙

ちんもく

Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)

沈思黙考

ちんしもっこう

being lost in deep thought

沈黙交易

ちんもくこうえき

silent trade

沈金彫

ちんきんぼり

gold-inlaid lacquerware

沈黙の春

ちんもくのはる

Silent Spring (book by Rachel Carson, 1962)

沈黙を破る

ちんもくをやぶる

to break the silence

沈黙の殺人者

ちんもくのさつじんしゃ

silent killer

沈黙寡言

ちんもくかげん

taciturn

沈金

ちんきん

gold-inlaid lacquerware (using powdered gold in etched grooves)

金銀

きんぎん

gold and silver

雄弁

ゆうべん

eloquence