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哑

yǎ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 啞

What 哑 means

1. mute; dumb; incapable of speech
2. (of a voice) hoarse; husky
3. bound form(of a bullet, bomb etc) dud

Other readings

哑 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yāsound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of {呀|yā}

Example sentences

• 汤姆是聋哑人。
  Tom is deaf and mute.
• 她又盲又聋又哑。
  Tā yòu máng yòu lóng yòu yā.
  She was blind, deaf, and mute.
• 他们全都叫到沙哑了。
  Tāmen quándōu jiào dào shāyǎ le.
  They were all hoarse from shouting.
• 聋哑的人用手语说话。
  Lóngyǎ de rén yòng shǒuyǔ shuōhuà.
  Deaf-mute people talk using sign language.
• 海伦凯勒眼盲，耳聋，又哑。
  Hǎilún kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng, yòu yā.
  Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
• 她注视着一个不明飞行物，哑口无言。
  Tā zhùshì zhe yī gè bùmíngfēixíngwù, yǎkǒuwúyán.
  She stared at a UFO in silence.

Words starting with 哑

• 哑巴yǎ baa mute; mute; silent
• 哑口无言yǎ kǒu wú yándumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words
• 哑铃yǎ língdumbbell (weight)
• 哑然失笑yǎ rán shī xiàoto laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. è rán shī xiào
• 哑光yǎ guāngmatte; non-glossy
• 哑剧yǎ jùpantomime; mime show
• 哑口yǎ kǒuas if dumb; speechless
• 哑子yǎ zi(dialect) a mute (person)
• 哑弹yǎ dàndud
• 哑语yǎ yǔsign language
• 哑谜yǎ mípuzzle; mystery
• 哑点yǎ diǎnblind spot; dead spot
• 哑鼓yǎ gǔdrum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)
• 哑巴亏yǎ ba kuīpent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
• 哑终端yǎ zhōng duāndumb terminal
• 哑巴吃黄连yǎ ba chī huáng liánno choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦说不出
• 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chūto be forced to suffer in silence (idiom); unable to speak of one's bitter suffering…
• 哑巴吃黄莲yǎ ba chī huáng liánvariant of 哑巴吃黄连

Words containing 哑

• 聋哑lóng yǎdeaf and nonverbal
• 沙哑shā yǎhoarse; husky; raspy
• 嘶哑sī yǎ(onomatopoeia) coarse crowing; hoarse; husky
• 聋哑人lóng yǎ réna deaf and mute person
• 粗哑cū yǎhusky; hoarse; raucous
• 打哑语dǎ yǎ yǔto use sign language
• 打哑谜dǎ yǎ míto talk in riddles
• 梵哑铃fàn yǎ língviolin (loanword)
• 吃哑巴亏chī yǎ ba kuīto be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
• 装聋作哑zhuāng lóng zuò yǎto play deaf-mute
• 嘶哑声sī yǎ shēnghoarse
• 喑哑yīn yǎhoarse; raspy

Characters built on 亚

These share the phonetic component 亚 (yà), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 娅yà(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters…
• 氩yàargon (chemistry)
• 桠yāforking branch
• 垭yā(dialect) strip of land between hills; used in place names; also pr. yà

Characters that look like 哑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 咬yǎoto bite; to nip
• 唔wúoh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not
• 哩lǐmile
• 唠láoused in 唠叨
• 馁něi(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid
• 咂zāto sip; to smack one's lips; to taste

Sounds the same

Read yǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雅elegant
• 痖mute, incapable of speech; same as 哑
• 疋variant of 雅