Word Meaning 雄弁は銀、沈黙は金

ゆうべんはぎんちんもくはきん yuubenhaginchimmokuhakin

雄弁は銀、沈黙は金 is read as ゆうべんはぎんちんもくはきん (yuubenhaginchimmokuhakin) and means speech is silver, silence is golden.

Meaning

English

speech is silver, silence is golden

Reading

Kana

ゆうべんはぎんちんもくはきん

Romaji

yuubenhaginchimmokuhakin

Writing Variants

雄弁は銀沈黙は金 ゆうべんはぎんちんもくはきん yuuben ha ginchimmoku ha kin

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 67 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 101762 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

沈黙は金雄弁は銀

ちんもくはきんゆうべんはぎん

speech is silver, silence is golden

雄弁

ゆうべん

eloquence

雄弁家

ゆうべんか

orator

雄弁術

ゆうべんじゅつ

oratory

日本弁護士国民年金基金

にっぽんべんごしこくみんねんきんききん

Japan Attorneys Pension Fund

弁償金

べんしょうきん

reparation

銀行預金

ぎんこうよきん

bank deposit

沈金

ちんきん

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

沈黙

ちんもく

Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)

日本銀行金融研究所

にっぽんぎんこうきんゆうけんきゅうじょ

Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan

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

Example Sentences

雄弁は銀、沈黙は金。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.

「雄弁は銀、沈黙は金」と言う人もいる。

Some say that speech is worth silver, but silence is worth gold.