哑

yǎ

In Mandarin Chinese, 哑 (yǎ) means “mute; dumb; hoarse (voice)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Other readings: yā — (onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk

Stroke order

他看比赛时喊得太大声，嗓子都哑了。
Tā kàn bǐsài shí hǎn de tàidà shēng, sǎngzi dōu yǎ le.
He cheered so loud at the game that his voice went hoarse.

哑

yǎ

mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky

Words with 哑