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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)

嘶哑
sīyǎ
(onom.) coarse crowing
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
哑子
yǎzi
mute person
哑巴
yǎba
mute
聋哑
lóngyǎ
deaf and dumb
HSK 6
粗哑
cūyǎ
husky
沙哑
shāyǎ
hoarse
哑口
yǎkǒu
as if dumb
哑剧
yǎjù
to mime
打哑语
dǎyǎyǔ
to use sign language
打哑谜
dǎyǎmí
to talk in riddles
梵哑铃
fànyǎlíng
violin (loanword)
哑终端
yāzhōngduān
dumb terminal
嘶哑声
sīyǎshēng
hoarse
哑巴亏
yǎbakuī
pent-up unspoken grievances

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