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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yā | ya1
English translation
(onom.) sound of cawing
sound of infant learning to talk
variant of ya [yā]
dumb
mute
hoarse
husky
unexploded (of artillery shell etc)
dumb, mute, hoarse

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口亚

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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dǎo 说话 shuōhuà ya ,今儿个 jīn r ge 怎么 zěnme 哑巴 yǎ ba le ?

Spit it out! Have you lost your tongue?

shuì ya ! zhuāng 什么 shénme 哑巴 yǎ ba ?

Speak! Stop playing dumb.

这件 shì shuí 知道 zhīdào , yòu 不能 bù néng duì 任何人提起 tí qǐ , 真是 zhēn shi 哑巴 yǎ ba chī 黄连 huáng lián , yǒu 说不出 shuō bu chū .

No one knew of these transactions , nor was he going to mention them to anyone else. He was like the dumb man eating the bitter herb; he had to suffer in

扮演 bànyǎn de 哑剧 yǎ jù zuì 表现力 biǎo xiàn lì de 语言 yǔyán 还要意味深长 yì wèi shēn cháng .

I acted out a pantomine more eloquent than my most expressive words.

过于 guòyú 激动 jīdòng ,嗓子 sǎngzi dōu hǎn le .

He was too excited and roared himself hoarse.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dumb
哑巴 yǎ ba mute啞巴
沙哑 shā yǎ hoarse沙啞
聋哑 lóngyǎ deaf and dumb聾啞
哑剧 yǎ jù to mime啞劇
嘶哑 sī yǎ hoarse嘶啞
哑铃 yǎ líng dumbbell (weight)啞鈴
装聋作哑 zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ to play deaf-mute裝聾作啞
哑口无言 yǎ kǒu wú yán at a loss for words啞口無言
哑谜 yǎ mí puzzle啞謎
哑然失笑 yǎ rán shī xiào to laugh involuntarily啞然失笑
哑语 yǎ yǔ sign language啞語
哑巴亏 yǎ ba kuī pent-up unspoken grievances啞巴虧
哑巴吃黄连 yǎ ba chī huáng lián also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 yǎ ba chī huáng lián 啞巴吃黃連
吃哑巴亏 chī yǎ ba kuī to be forced to suffer in silence吃啞巴虧
喑哑 yīn yǎ hoarse喑啞
哑口 yǎ kǒu as if dumb啞口
打哑谜 dǎ yǎ mí to talk in riddles打啞謎
粗哑 cū yǎ husky粗啞
打哑语 dǎ yǎ yǔ to use sign language打啞語
哑终端 yǎ zhōng duān dumb terminal啞終端

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