哑
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mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 啞
- Common rank
- #1,953
- Unicode
- U+54D1
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Formation & memory
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Words with 哑
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 | to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom); unable to speak of one's bitter suffering; some… | |
| 哑口无言 | dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words | |
| 哑巴吃黄连 | no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦說不… | |
| 打哑语 | to use sign language | |
| 哑然失笑 | to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4] | |
| 哑巴吃黄莲 | variant of 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2] | |
| 哑子 | (dialect) a mute (person) | |
| 吃哑巴亏 | to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering | |
| 哑口 | as if dumb; speechless | |
| 哑语 | sign language | |
| 哑巴 | a mute; mute; silent | |
| 哑光 | matte; non-glossy | |
| 哑点 | blind spot; dead spot | |
| 沙哑 | hoarse; husky; raspy | |
| 哑弹 | dud | |
| 哑终端 | dumb terminal | |
| 哑巴亏 | pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of | |
| 装聋作哑 | to play deaf-mute | |
| 哑剧 | pantomime; mime show | |
| 哑鼓 | drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 亚 — compare how they read.