雄弁は銀、沈黙は金 ゆうべんはぎん、ちんもくはきん Meanings Expression speech is silver, silence is golden Kanji 雄 male. Read as ユウ. 弁 speech. Read as ベン. 銀 silver. Read as ギン. 沈 sink. Read as チン. 黙 silent. Read as モク. 金 money. Read as キン. Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists