日常会话中,沉默行为是一种常见现象。作为非言语交际的一种形式,在跨文化交际中沉默常常阻碍正常交流,造成跨文化语用失误。本文从跨性别文化交际的角度,以性别差异来分析沉默这种非言语行为的内涵、语用功能及跨性别差异和产生的原因,同时指出对沉默进行跨文化研究的重要性,以及在两性交流中应对跨性别交际失误的策略。 In everyday conversation, silent behavior is a common phenomenon. As a form of nonverbal communication, silence in intercultural communication often hinders normal communication and leads to cross-cultural pragmatic failures. This article analyzes the connotation, pragmatic function and transgender differences and causes of this non-verbal act of silence from the perspective of transgender cultural communication by gender differences. At the same time, it points out the importance of cross-cultural research on silence, Strategies for coping with transversional communicative errors in communication.