哑

The character "哑" has 9 strokes. "哑" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "哑" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "哑" are "yǎ" "yā" . View the stroke order of "哑">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "哑"

adj.: mute; dumb; speechless; silent; (of a bomb, etc) unexploded; dud; hoarse; husky

• mute : adj.强忍着不说话的；缄默的；一时说不出话的；哑音的；无音的；无声的；不用语言表达的；宁静的；哑的；追猎时不吠叫的
• dumb : adj.哑的；笨的；愚蠢的；无言的；无声的；无说话能力的；说不出话的；不愿说话的；沉默（寡言）的
• speechless : adj.一时讲不出话的
• silent : adj.安静的；寂静的；无声的；默默的；不作声的；不说出的；不发音的；未谈及的；未记录的
• dud : n.易出故障的东西；不中用的东西；无价值的东西；衣服；无用的人；不称职的人
• hoarse : adj.嘶哑的；刺耳的
• husky : adj.粗糙刺耳的；嘶哑的；强壮的；高大的；似（空）壳的；有壳的；壳的；多壳的

Form words with "哑"

哑罗经板 pelorus card

又聋又哑 be both deaf and mute;both deaf and dumb

把嗓子喊哑 shout oneself hoarse

嗓子都哭咽哑了 cry oneself hoarse

Example phrases using "哑"

• 他大声吆喝把嗓子都叫哑了。

  He bawled himself hoarse.

• 两挺机关枪被打哑了。

  Two machine guns were put out of action.

• 他今天嗓子哑了。

  He has no voice today. / He’s lost his voice today.

• 她嗓子喊哑了。

  She shouted herself hoarse. / She was hoarse from shouting.

• 他生来就是又聋又哑又盲的。

  He was born deaf, dumb, and blind.

• 我的电话没有拨音号，完全哑了。

  I can’t get a dial tone on the phone; it’s dead.

• 我宁愿又冷又聋又哑甚于一条鱼。

  Colder and dumber and deafer than a fish.

• A 你的声音有点哑。你没事吧？

  You sound a bit rough. Are you OK?

• 这个喋喋不休的人把嗓子都说哑了.

  The chatterer has talked himself hoarse.

• 我得了流感，接着嗓子就哑了。

  I got a flu and then lost my voice.