哑 meaning in English
mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky
Meaning of 哑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yǎ
- mute; dumb; incapable of speech
- (of a voice) hoarse; husky
- (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
yā
- (onom.) sound of cawing
- sound of infant learning to talk
- variant of 呀[ya1]
哑 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他们全都叫到沙哑了。
They were all hoarse from shouting.
长号:狂野可能有趣，但尽量不要发出粗哑的音符。
Trombones: it may be fun to go wild, but try not to blat the notes.
汤姆是聋哑人。
Tom is deaf and mute.
海伦凯勒眼盲，耳聋，又哑。
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
早上起来，嗓子变得很沙哑，我想是不是感冒了。
I've had a scratchy throat since this morning. I wonder if I've caught a cold.
Stroke order for each character
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哑 yǎ · mute · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 哑.
| 哑巴 | yǎba | a mute; mute; silent |
| 沙哑 | shāyǎ | hoarse; husky; raspy |
Questions about 哑
What does 哑 mean?
哑 (yǎ) means "mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 哑?
哑 is made of 1 character: 哑 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 哑 an HSK word?
Yes. 哑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 哑 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 哑 is written 啞.