Home Dictionary Blog Grammar

Free English-Myanmar dictionary with pronunciation, examples, grammar, speaking patterns, and sentence practice.

© 2026 KTP Dictionary

Explore

Dictionary Blog Grammar About

Learn

Study workspace Sentence builder Transformation quiz Parts of speech Request missing word

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service Contact Us

Android App

Use the offline dictionary on your phone.

Download on Google Play

DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

en

quiet

/ˈkwʌɪət/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈkwʌɪət/

quiet

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> quiet

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တိတ်သော။ ဆိတ်ငြိမ်သော။ အေးသော။ ငြိမ်သော။ အေးဆေးသော။ သိမ်မွေ့သော။ တည်ငြိမ်သော။ ဣန္ဒြေရှိသော။ (n) ဆိတ်ငြိမ်မှု။ အေးချမ်းမှု။ (v) ငြိမ်သက်သည်။ တိတ်သည်။ ငြိမ်အောင်လုပ်သည်။

Full entry

quiet / 'kwaÇǝt / adj (-er , -est )

၁။ တိတ်သော။ ငြိမ်သော။ her quiet voice/ footsteps ❍ Be quiet! ❍ I'll be (as) quiet as a mouse. ❍ Please can you keep the children quiet while I'm on the phone? ❍ The room suddenly went very quiet.
၂။ (က) တိတ်သော။ ဆိတ်ငြိမ်သော။ အေးသော။ The roads are usually quieter in the afternoon. ❍ lead a quiet life ❍ Business is quiet at this time of the year. ❍ Their wedding was very quiet.
(ခ) အေးဆေးသော။ have a quiet smoke ❍ have a quiet evening at home.
၃။ အေးဆေးသော။ သိမ်မွေ့သော။ She was a quiet person but friendly.
၄။ တည်ငြိမ်သော။ ဣနြေ္ဒရှိသော။ have a quiet confidence ❍ She takes a quiet satisfaction in her work.
n [U] ဆိတ်ငြိမ်မှု။ အေးချမ်းမှု။ the quiet of the countryside ❍ Can we have a bit of peace and quiet in here, please!
v ~ (sb/ sth) (down) (esp US ) ငြိမ်သက်သည်။ တိတ်သည်။ ငြိမ်အောင်လုပ်သည်။ quiet a frightened horse မြင်းလန့်သည်ကို ငြိမ်အောင်ချော့သည်။ ❍ After a while her sobs quieted. ❍ Quiet down, kids!
❏ keep quiet about sth ; keep sth quiet [IDM ] ရေငုံနှုတ်ပိတ်နေသည်။ တုဏှိဘာဝေဆိတ်ဆိတ်နေသည်။ I've decided to resign but I'd rather you kept quiet about it for now.
❏ on the quiet [IDM ] ပုန်းလျှိုးကွယ်လျှိုး။ တိတ်တဆိတ်။ have a drink on the quiet.
❏ quieten / 'kwaÇǝtn / v ~ (sb/ sth) (down) (esp Brit ) ငြိမ်သက်သည်။ ငြိမ်ကျသည်။ တိတ်သည်။ ချွေးသိပ်သည်။ ချော့သည်။ By 2 am the party had quietened. ❍ Quieten down and get on with your work. ❍ quieten a frightened child ❍ quieten sb's anxiety/ suspicions.
❏ quietly adv သိုသိုသိပ်သိပ်။ တည်တည်ငြိမ်ငြိမ်။ ညင်ညင် သာသာ။ speak/ move/ sob quietly ❍ This engine runs very quietly. ❍ She slipped quietly out of the room. ❍ He is quietly confident of victory. ❍ He was a quietly-spoken man.
❏ quietness n [U] ငြိမ်သက်ခြင်း။ ဆိတ်ငြိမ်ခြင်း။ တိတ်ဆိတ် ခြင်း။ the quietness of the countryside ❍ His quietness worried her.

More examples

Electric cars are quiet and pollution-free.
Some quiet soothing music
A quiet sensitive boy
[go quiet] : Everyone went quiet when he walked in.
[grow quiet] : On the way home, she grew quiet and thoughtful.
The house was quiet again.
We live in a quiet residential area.
A quiet little seaside town
Nightclubs are often fairly quiet on weeknights.
A quiet country road
A quiet relaxing holiday
Business has been unusually quiet this holiday season.
[a quiet drink] : I just went out for a quiet drink with my girlfriend.
[a quiet life] : Miles wanted nothing but a quiet life.
There was a mood of quiet desperation in the place.
Her quiet confidence

Synonyms

calm, silence, calm down, become quiet, settle down, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, banish, be quiet, becalm, button one's lip, buttoned up, calmness, can it, cessation, choke, clam up, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, collected, compose, confidential, conservative, console, contented, cool it, cool out, could hear a pin drop, dead air, discreet, dispel, docile, dumb, dummy up, ease, easy, fall silent, fix up, fixed, gag, gentle, gratify, halcyon, hassle-free, hold it down, homely, hush, hushed, hushful, ice, inactivate, inactive, inaudible, inobtrusive, intimate, isolated, leisurely, level, low, low-pitched, lull, make silent, meek, mild, moderate, modest, mollify, motionless, muffle, muffled, mute, muted, muzzle, noiseless, noiselessness, not saying boo, off-the-record, pacific, pacify, palliate, patch things up, peace, peace and quiet, peaceful, placid, plain, pleasant, please, private, quell, quiescent, quieted, quieten, quietness, quietude, reconcile, relax, relaxation, relaxed, relaxing, remote, repose, reserved, rest, restful, restrained, reticent, retired, satisfy, secluded, secret, secretive, sedate, sequestered, serene, serenity, settle, shush, shut up, shy, silent, simple, slack, smooth, sober, soft, soft-pedal, soften, soothe, soundless, soundlessness, speechless, speechlessness, square, squash, squelch, stable, stagnant, still, stilled, stillness, stop, straightforward, stroke, subdue, subdued, subtle, taciturn, take the bite out of, tasteful, termination, tight-lipped, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillity, trouble-free

Antonyms

aggravate, agitate, agitated, agitation, anger, animate, annoy, assured, beginning, boisterous, bold, brave, busy, clamor, clamorous, clangor, communicative, complex, complicated, confident, continuation, depress, disagree, disturb, disturbance, energy, excite, excited, friendly, harsh, incite, intricate, irritate, loud, loudness, move, noise, noisy, obtrusive, open, presumptuous, provoke, public, release, rough, showy, sociable, start, trouble, troubled, turn up, unreserved, upset, violent, wild, worry

Cross references

calm silence calm down become quiet settle down allay alleviate ameliorate appease assuage banish be quiet becalm button one's lip buttoned up calmness can it cessation choke clam up clammed up close close-mouthed collected compose confidential conservative console

Study this word

Pattern match

Parts of speechReview how this word works in a sentence.S + V + OPractice using the word in a basic sentence.Verb tense formsTry present, past, future, negative, and question forms.Be + adjectivePractice describing a noun with this word.

Example practice

Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “quiet”?

Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.