Chinese–English

哑

yǎ · ya/yā · ya

Traditional 啞

HSK 7–9

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

yǎ 啞

  1. mute; dumb; incapable of speech
  2. (of a voice) hoarse; husky
  3. (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud

yā 啞

  1. (onom.) sound of cawing
  2. sound of infant learning to talk
  3. variant of 呀 (yā)
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