Chinese Word: 啞 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

啞 (Simplified: 哑)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:亞 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 亞 [ yà ] Asia; second

Similar Characters: 唖

Pinyin: yǎ

English Definition:dumb; mute; hoarse; husky; unexploded (of artillery shell etc)

Chinese Definition:
①不能说话：聋哑。哑巴。哑子吃黄连(歇后语，喻有苦难言)。
②嗓子干涩发音困难或不清楚：沙哑。嘶哑。
③无声的：哑剧。哑铃(一种铁制的运动器械)。
④因发生故障，炮弹、子弹打不响：哑炮。
⑤笑声：哑然失笑(不自禁地笑出声来)。

Example Words:

	啞巴	yǎ ba	mute; muted; a dumb person; to be dumb
	啞口無言	yǎ kǒu wú yán	dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words

Pinyin: yā

English Definition:(onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀

Chinese Definition:
①(咿哑)见“(啞)咿”。

1		nǐ men 你们 huì 会 dǎ yǎ mí 打哑谜 ma 吗？ Do you know how to play charades?
2		tā 他 de 的 hóu lóng 喉咙 hǎo xiàng 好像 bèi 被 shén me 什么 dōng xi 东西 dǔ zhù 堵住 le 了， sǎng yīn 嗓音 biàn de 变得 shā yǎ 沙哑。 His throat seemed to be blocked by something and his voice became hoarse.