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title: "Dongjing Meaning: 动静 (dòngjing) Means “sound”"
description: "动静 (traditional 動靜, dòngjing) means “sound (of movement); noise”. Hear its tones, see what 动 and 静 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dongjing"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 动静 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

动静 dòngjing

## sound (of movement); noise

## It can also mean

- activity; movement (signs of something happening)

## Its characters

1. 动 dòng to move
2. 静 jìng still

## In a sentence

这件事到现在还没有动静。 There's still no sign of anything happening with this.

有一个星期天，八点过了，手机一直没有**动静**。

From [打错的电话 · The wrong number: a Sunday phone call in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-wrong-number-chinese-story#library-word-461-463)

[More about 动静](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8A%A8%E9%9D%99)

## More words with 动 or 静

- [安静 ānjìng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/anjing)
- [被动 bèidòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/beidong)
- [变动 biàndòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/biandong)
- [波动 bōdòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bodong)
- [不动产 bùdòngchǎn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budongchan)
- [冲动 chōngdòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chongdong)
- [出动 chūdòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chudong)
- [打动 dǎdòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dadong)
- [带动 dàidòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daidong)
- [电动 diàndòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/diandong)

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