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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哑* | 哑* | *哑
mute; dumb; incapable of speech / (of a voice) hoarse; husky / (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
HSK 7-9
matte / non-glossy
hoarse; husky; raspy
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless; at a loss for words
a mute / mute; silent
to play deaf-mute
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哑* | 哑* | *哑
(onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of
(onom.) coarse crowing / hoarse / husky
to mime / a dumb show
as if dumb / speechless
hoarse / raspy
pent-up unspoken grievances / suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
puzzle / mystery
to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
sign language
(dialect) a mute (person)
drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music)
person who is deaf and nonverbal
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出)
blind spot / dead spot
husky / hoarse / raucous
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连有苦说不出
hoarse
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出)
dumb terminal
dumbbell (weight)
to use sign language
to talk in riddles
violin (loanword)
deaf and nonverbal


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