shh

See also SHH

English

Alternative forms

• sh
• shhh

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃː/

• Audio (UK)

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Interjection

shh

1. Requesting silence. Asking people to keep silent.

Synonyms

• hush!, shush!

Translations

requesting silence

Armenian: սու՛ս (hy) (sus!) Chinese: Mandarin: 噓 (cmn), 嘘 (cmn) (xū or shī) Czech: pst (cs), pšt (cs), ticho! Dutch: sst! Esperanto: ŝŝ (eo) Finnish: (ole) vaiti/hiljaa! French: chut ! German: still!, pst (de), pscht (de)

Hebrew: שקט (he) Irish: fuist! Italian: zitto!; silenzio!; taci! Japanese: 叱 (ja) (shitu), しーっ (ja) (shiーtu) Polish: sza!; cicho! Portuguese: psiu! Russian: тише! (tíše), тс-с-с!, ш-ш-ш!, ша! Slovak: pst (sk) Spanish: ¡chito! Turkish: şşş (tr)

Anagrams

• HHS