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娅

yà

Character Traditional 婭

What 娅 means

1. literaryterm of address between husbands of sisters
2. (used to transliterate foreign names)
3. (used in Chinese women's names)

Example sentences

• 玛丽娅不读英语书。
  Mary doesn't read any English-language books.
• 玛丽娅抱着一个西瓜。
  Mǎlìyà bào zhe yī gè xīguā.
  Mary is carrying a watermelon.
• 玛丽娅花很多钱买衣服。
  Mǎlìyà huā hěn duō qián mǎi yīfu.
  Maria spends a lot of money on clothes.
• 玛丽娅承认她是一个妓女。
  Mǎlìyà chéngrèn tā shì yī gè jìnǚ.
  Marie admitted that she was a prostitute.
• 菲力克斯当时试图哄骗阿米莉娅开门。
  Felix was trying to trick Amelia to open the door.
• 玛丽娅拿了一个鸡蛋，并将它在碗沿上敲开。
  Mary took an egg and cracked it open on the rim of the bowl.

Words containing 娅

• 妮维娅Nī wéi yàNivea, skin and body care brand
• 热比娅Rè bǐ yà(name) Rabiye or Rebiya; Rebiya Kadeer (1946–), Uyghur businesswoman and activist…
• 热比娅·卡德尔Rè bǐ yà Kǎ dé ěrRebiya Kadeer (1946–), Uyghur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned from 1999 to 2005…
• 尤利娅·季莫申科Yóu lì yà · Jì mò shēn kēYulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
• 玛丽娅Mǎ lì yàMaria (name); St Mary
• 拉尼娅Lā ní yàRania (name)
• 朱利娅Zhū lì yàJulia (name)
• 朱莉娅Zhū lì yàJulia (name)
• 贝娅特丽克丝Bèi yà tè lì kè sīBeatrix (name)
• 茱莉娅Zhū lì yàJulia (name)

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.

• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…
• 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 娅

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

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 娃wábaby; doll
• 姬jīwoman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 姝shūpretty woman

Sounds the same

Read yà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 亚second; next to; inferior
• 讶astounded
• 压used in 压根儿; used in 压马路; used in 压板
• 氩argon (chemistry)
• 轧to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle
• 砑to calender
• 揠to eradicate; to pull up
• 迓to receive (as a guest)
• 挜attach; brandish; hold
• 襾cover; radical no 146
• 铔ammonium (old)
• 齾dented; chipped; gap-toothed