चुप (chup)
adjective/interjection
Mainly an adjective/adverb meaning 'quiet, silent' -- used constantly with होना (honaa) and रहना (rahnaa) to mean 'be quiet' or 'stay quiet,' and it also appears as an interjection meaning 'quiet!' or 'hush!'
Sense
1
:
silent, quiet (not speaking)
adjective This is an invariant adjective -- it does not change form for gender or number. It is almost always paired with होना (honaa) or रहना (rahnaa) rather than standing alone before a noun.
Synonyms: खामोश (khaamosh), शांत (shaant, can also mean 'calm' more broadly), मौन (maun, literary)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You'll hear चुप हो जाओ (chup ho jaao, 'be quiet/hush up') and चुप रहो (chup raho, 'stay quiet') everywhere from classrooms to living rooms -- it's the go-to phrase for telling someone, gently or sharply depending on tone, to stop talking.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to inflect चुप (chup) like कड़ा (kadaa) -- it never changes form, regardless of the gender or number of the subject. 2) चुप (chup) describes not speaking, not being calm or peaceful in general -- for that, शांत (shaant) is the better word.
Sample Sentences:
चुप हो जाओ, टीचर आ रही हैं।
Be quiet, the teacher is coming.
(chup ho jaao, tiichar aa rahii hain।)
बच्चा पूरे रास्ते चुप रहा।
The child stayed quiet the whole way.
(bachchaa poore raaste chup rahaa।)
वह हमेशा मीटिंग में चुप रहती है।
She always stays quiet in meetings.
(vah hameshaa miiting men chup rahtii hai।)
पूरी क्लास चुप बैठी है।
The whole class is sitting quietly.
(poorii klaas chup baithii hai।)
अगर तुम चुप रहते तो झगड़ा नहीं होता।
If you had stayed quiet, there wouldn't have been a fight.
(agar tum chup rahte to jhagdaa nahiin hotaa।)
काश वह इस बारे में चुप रहता।
I wish he had stayed quiet about this.
(kaash vah is baare men chup rahtaa।)
उम्मीद है कि वह अब चुप रहे।
Hopefully he stays quiet now.
(ummiid hai ki vah ab chup rahe।)
सर, कृपया मुझे बताएं कि क्यों वह इतना चुप हो गया है।
Sir, please tell me why he has become so quiet.
(sar, kripyaa mujhe bataaen ki kyon vah itnaa chup ho gayaa hai।)
उस पर इतना दबाव डाला गया कि वह चुप हो गया।
So much pressure was put on him that he fell silent.
(us par itnaa dabaav daalaa gayaa ki vah chup ho gayaa।)
कमरे में सब चुप थे, जैसे कोई तूफ़ान आने वाला हो।
Everyone in the room was silent, as if a storm was about to come.
(kamre men sab chup the, jaise koii toofaan aane vaalaa ho।)
जब से उसकी माँ गुज़री हैं, वह बहुत चुप हो गई है।
Ever since her mother passed away, she has become very quiet.
(jab se uskii maan guzrii hain, vah bahut chup ho gaii hai।)
Sense
2
:
hush!, quiet!, be silent!
interjection
Synonyms: खामोश (khaamosh, sharper/more formal command), शश (shash, a hushing sound, not a full word)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: As a single sharp word, चुप (chup) works exactly like English 'quiet!' or 'hush!' -- often doubled for emphasis as चुप चुप (chup chup) or intensified with एकदम (ekdam, 'absolutely') as in एकदम चुप (ekdam chup, 'dead silent').
Sample Sentences:
चुप!
Quiet!
(chup!)
चुप चुप, कोई सुन लेगा।
Hush, hush, someone will hear.
(chup chup, koii sun legaa।)
एकदम चुप! बच्चा सो रहा है।
Absolutely quiet! The baby is sleeping.
(ekdam chup! bachchaa so rahaa hai।)
चुप हो जाओ, टीचर आ रही हैं!
Be quiet, the teacher is coming!
(chup ho jaao, tiichar aa rahii hain!)
अरे चुप भी करो, कितना बोलते हो!
Oh, hush already, how much you talk!
(are chup bhii karo, kitnaa bolte ho!)
चुप रहो, यह बात किसी को मत बताना।
Quiet, don't tell this to anyone.
(chup raho, yah baat kisii ko mat bataanaa।)
कृपया चुप हो जाइए, सभा शुरू होने वाली है।
Please be quiet, the meeting is about to begin.
(kripyaa chup ho jaaie, sabhaa shuroo hone vaalii hai।)
मैंने कहा चुप, पर वह फिर भी बोलता रहा।
I said quiet, but he kept talking anyway.
(mainne kahaa chup, par vah phir bhii boltaa rahaa।)
सब लोग एक साथ चिल्लाए, "चुप!"
Everyone shouted together, "Quiet!"
(sab log ek saath chillaae, "chup!")
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
चुप
(chup)