沙哑 meaning in English

shāyǎ

hoarse; husky; raspy

Traditional 沙啞16 strokes

Meaning of 沙哑

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shāyǎ
  1. hoarse; husky; raspy

沙哑 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā们men全quán都dōu叫jiào到dào沙shā哑yǎ了le。
They were all hoarse from shouting.
早zǎo上shàng起qǐ来lái,嗓sǎng子zi变biàn得de很hěn沙shā哑yǎ,我wǒ想xiǎng是shì不bú是shì感gǎn冒mào了le。
I've had a scratchy throat since this morning. I wonder if I've caught a cold.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

沙 shā · sand · 7 strokes

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哑 yǎ · mute · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 沙哑.

沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
沙子shāzisand; grit
沙漠shāmòdesert
沙滩shātānbeach; sandy shore
沙龙shālóngsalon (loanword)
风沙fēngshāsand blown by wind; sandstorm
沙拉shālā(loanword) salad
哑巴yǎbaa mute; mute; silent
沙皇shāhuángczar (loanword)
沙丘shāqiūsand dune; sandy hill
沙丁鱼shādīngyúsardine (loanword)
沙沙shāshārustle

Questions about 沙哑

What does 沙哑 mean?

沙哑 (shāyǎ) means "hoarse; husky; raspy".

How do you write 沙哑?

沙哑 is made of 2 characters: 沙 (7 strokes), 哑 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 沙哑 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 沙哑 is written 沙啞.