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哑
啞
yǎ
1. dumb
2. mute
3. hoarse
4. husky
5. unexploded (of artillery shell etc)
Common • Top 7%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

哑
yǎ
dumb, mute, hoarse
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

哑剧
yǎjù
to mime
哑口
yǎkǒu
as if dumb
哑子
yǎzi
mute person
哑巴
yǎba
mute
哑语
yǎyǔ
sign language
哑谜
yǎmí
puzzle
哑铃
yǎlíng
dumbbell (weight)
哑点
yǎdiǎn
blind spot
哑鼓
yǎgǔ
drum practice pad (music)
喑哑
yīnyǎ
hoarse
嘶哑
sīyǎ
(onom.) coarse crowing
沙哑
shāyǎ
hoarse
粗哑
cūyǎ
husky
聋哑
lóngyǎ
deaf and dumb
HSK 6
哑巴亏
yǎbakuī
pent-up unspoken grievances
哑终端
yāzhōngduān
dumb terminal
嘶哑声
sīyǎshēng
hoarse
打哑语
dǎyǎyǔ
to use sign language
打哑谜
dǎyǎmí
to talk in riddles
梵哑铃
fànyǎlíng
violin (loanword)

Alternate Entries

哑
yā
(onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of [[呀<yā>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,367
Word Frequency Rank
5,862 of 84,292