Keyword
mute
- dumb
- hoarse
- Frequency
- #2646
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
yǎ
Mnemonic
口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 亚 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
哑
mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
哑巴
a mute; mute; silent
哑口无言
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words
装聋作哑
to play deaf-mute
嘶哑
(onom.) coarse crowing; hoarse; husky
沙哑
hoarse; husky; raspy
聋哑
deaf and nonverbal
哑铃
dumbbell (weight)
哑剧
pantomime; mime show
聋哑人
a deaf and mute person
哑然失笑
to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. èránshīxiào
哑谜
puzzle; mystery
哑弹
dud
哑口
as if dumb; speechless
哑光
matte; non-glossy
哑巴吃黄连
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦说不出 (yǒukǔshuōbuchū))
哑语
sign language
打哑谜
to talk in riddles
喑哑
hoarse; raspy
哑巴亏
pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
吃哑巴亏
to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
哑子
(dialect) a mute (person)
粗哑
husky; hoarse; raucous