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沙哑

shā yǎ

2-character word Traditional 沙啞

What 沙哑 means

1. hoarse; husky; raspy

The characters in 沙哑

• 沙shāgranule; hoarse; raspy
• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…

Example sentences

• 他们全都叫到沙哑了。
  Tāmen quándōu jiào dào shāyǎ le.
  They were all hoarse from shouting.
• 早上起来，嗓子变得很沙哑，我想是不是感冒了。
  Zǎoshang qǐlai, sǎngzi biànde hěn shāyǎ, wǒ xiǎng shìbùshì gǎnmào le.
  I've had a scratchy throat since this morning. I wonder if I've caught a cold.

Sounds the same

Read shā yǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

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