# 一言不发 (yīyánbùfā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一言不发 (yīyánbùfā) means “without saying a word; silent”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: without saying a word; silent
- Pinyin: yīyánbùfā (yi1 yan2 bu4 fa1)
- Traditional: 一言不發
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他坐在那里一言不发。
  Tā zuò zài nàlǐ yīyánbùfā.
  He sat there without saying a word.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- 言 (yán): words; speech
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-yan-bu-fa-without-saying-word/

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