Shh.

[meladori-magpie.livejournal.com]

In English, to make someone be quiet, you "shh" them. [I assume this comes from the word "hush."] Is there anything like this in Russian?

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[bohemienne.livejournal.com]

Тихо! (silence) and Молчай! ((you) shut up!) work well, I think. Тихо! is the more polite one, I think, but I'm not sure.

[nale.livejournal.com]

Just a little correction. :) It's not "Молчай!", it's "Молчи!" (2 pers. singular) and "Молчите!" (2 pers. plural).

[bohemienne.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wasn't sure what the perfective verb was. :)

[nale.livejournal.com]

Ona can say also:

Цыц! - rather harsh, but acceptable in jest among friends or when talking to kids that really irritate you :o)

or

Тссс! - multipurpose, but informal. :)

[ex-nikitagr.livejournal.com]

In English, to make someone be quiet, you "shh" them.

Yes, in Russia you may encounter the same sounding, like:
"shh..." or "chsh..." whih means 'be quiet' or 'keep silence'!

[myradar.livejournal.com]

The kids at the village used to say zamoche to each other, and when I asked them what it meant said it meant "be quiet". They corrected themselves, though, when I said it to them in front of the teacher who's a member of their community, and taught me how to say teeshe instead. Apparently zamoche means "shut up". :)

[ex-bulatych796.livejournal.com]

It's "zuh-mul-CHEE", literally "be quiet", pretty rude. The other one is "TEE-shuh" - "quieter", neutral but demanding.

Not exactly...

[kolik.livejournal.com]

Rude is "Заткнись!" / "zatknees'" (single) and "Заткнитесь!" / "zatkneetes'" (plural) what means "Shut up!"...
("s'" is soft "s", like in "sink")

Not "zuh-mul-CHEE" but "za-mol-chee"...

Re: Not exactly...

[ex-bulatych796.livejournal.com]

"Zuh-mul-CHEE" is pronunciation not spelling, you know. And it is pretty rude, although "zutk-NEES" is much ruder.

I know the difference between spelling and transcription...

[kolik.livejournal.com]

Ну, нет в слове "замолчи" ни "зухов", ни "мулов"... 8-)

The rudeness is pretty much defined by the intonation. If you say "замолчи" softly, it will not be rude at all.

Respect...

Re: I know the difference between spelling and transcription...

[ex-bulatych796.livejournal.com]

"H" is silent in "uh", "zuh" sounds like "huh" (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=huh) and "mul" is normally pronounced like "mull" (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=mull) or "gull" (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=gull), not "mool". I agree that rudeness is in the eyes of the beholder: I wouldn't take "zamolchi" from most people, no matter what intonation.

O-o-o-ops...

[kolik.livejournal.com]

I see...

Russian transliteration differs a lot from what you are referring to, but obvioisly not usable here since nobody will understand...

Re: O-o-o-ops...

[ex-bulatych796.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's what I had in mind. Most English speakers are used to transcribing foreign words using familiar syllable patters.

[myradar.livejournal.com]

Oh, ok, thanks. :)

[donotkillme.livejournal.com]

Тссс!

[rdk.livejournal.com]

Тсс! or Тшш!

[object.livejournal.com]

The closest to "shh" is "тсс".

[kolik.livejournal.com]

"Shh" is fully applicable in Russian...

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Yeah, after watching tons of Hollywood movies, certainly... Even kindergarten kids now would say "sh*t" when they curse occasionally, because they heard people in Hollywood movies were doing this... yeah, the translator would say "chort" on top of that, but you could still hear the original actor's voice saying this in English, right? that's the case with "shh"...
Tsss is the Russian version, IMHO.

Sure... Tsss is the Russian version...

[kolik.livejournal.com]

I re-call one movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger shown on a central Moscow TV-channel when the original voice was not fully covered by the translation (sorry for my French):

Bad guy: F**K you! (Translation: You are not a good man!)
Arnold: f**k YOU! (Translation: No! YOU are not a good man!)

8-)

[meladori-magpie.livejournal.com]

Thanks to everyone for all the answers / comments. The tsss / tshhh was specifically what I was looking for; thanks!