| 寂寞 | jì mò | lonely / lonesome / (of a place) quiet / silent |   |
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn / uncommunicative / silent | |
| 无声 | wú shēng | noiseless / noiselessly / silent | |
| 默然 | mò rán | silent / speechless | |
| 哑巴 | yǎ ba | a mute / mute / silent | |
| 静音 | jìng yīn | quiet / silent / mute | |
| 静默 | jìng mò | silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic | |
| 静寂 | jìng jì | quiet / silent | |
| 寂然 | jì rán | silent / quiet | |
| 默 |  mò | silent / to write from memory | |
| 寂 | jì | silent / solitary / Taiwan pr. [ji2] | |
| 噤 | jìn | unable to speak / silent | |
| 宓 | mì | still / silent | |
| 貉 | mò | old term for northern peoples / silent | |
| 貊 | mò | name of a wild tribe / silent | |
| 侐 | xù | still / silent | |
| 不声不响 | bù shēng - bù xiǎng | (idiom) wordless / silent / taciturn / without speaking | |
| 无言 | wú yán | to remain silent / to have nothing to say | |
| 沉默寡言 | chén mò guǎ yán | habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative | |
| 缄默 | jiān mò | to keep silent | |
| 不声不响 | bù shēng bù xiǎng | wordless and silent (idiom) / without speaking / taciturn | |
| 避重就轻 | bì zhòng jiù qīng | to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones | |
| 不做声 | bù zuò shēng | keep silent / not say a word | |
| 潸然泪下 | shān rán lèi xià | to shed silent tears (idiom) | |
| 肃静 | sù jìng | solemnly silent | |
| 默想 | mò xiǎng | silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence | |
| 春蚕 | Chūn cán | Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4] | |
| 默片 | mò piàn | silent movie | |
| 杳然 | yǎo rán | quiet, silent, and lonely / far and indistinct / gone without a trace | |
| 默祷 | mò dǎo | silent prayer / pray in silence | |
| 冷暴力 | lěng bào lì | non-physical abuse / emotional abuse / the silent treatment | |
| 敢怒而不敢言 | gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yán | angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom) / obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections | |
| 貉 | háo | old term for northern peoples / silent | |
| 默不作声 | mò bù zuò shēng | to keep silent | |
| 不言不语 | bù yán bù yǔ | to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent | |
| 不赞一词 | bù zàn yī cí | to keep silent / to make no comment | |
| 万籁无声 | wàn lài wú shēng | not a sound to be heard (idiom) / dead silent | |
| 闭口不言 | bì kǒu bù yán | to keep silent (idiom) | |
| 平安夜 | Píng ān Yè | Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve | |
| 闷声不响 | mēn shēng bù xiǎng | to keep silent | |
| 杜口 | dù kǒu | to remain silent | |
| 满坐寂然 | mǎn zuò jì rán | the whole audience silent with expectation | |
| 无语 | wú yǔ | to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded | |
| 腹诽 | fù fěi | silent curse or disagreement / unspoken criticism | |
| 阒然 | qù rán | quiet / still and silent | |
| 隐蔽强迫下载 | yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zài | drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download | |
| 静区 | jìng qū | silent zone / blind spot / dead space | |
| 一声不响 | yī shēng bù xiǎng | to keep totally silent / noiselessly | |
| 保持沉默的权利 | | right to remain silent | |
| 隐藏性紧急情况 | | silent emergency | |
| 秘密同伙 | mì mì tòng huǒ | secret partner / sleeping partner / silent partner | |
| 贫穷隐性紧急情况？ | | silent emergencies of poverty | |
| 出溜屁 | chū liu pì | silent fart | |
| 闷屁 | mēn pì | silent fart | |
| 蔫屁 | niān pì | silent fart | |
| 噤声 | jìn shēng | to keep silent | |
| 隐蔽强迫下载 | yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zǎi | drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) / silent drive-by download | |
| 空寂 | kōng jì | empty and silent / desolate | |
| 万籁俱寂 | wàn lài - jù jì | (idiom) dead silent | |
| 闭麦 | bì mài | to switch one's microphone to "mute" / (fig.) to go silent | |
