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= y + a1
(onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of 呀[ya1]
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= y + a3
dumb / mute / hoarse / husky / unexploded (of artillery shell etc)
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= y + a3
mute; dumb; incapable of speech / (of a voice) hoarse; husky / (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
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How to pronounce 哑

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a3 final

In the ashram’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

哑 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + a4
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3]
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= y + a4
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 哑 as component

哑 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 哑

mute / muted / a dumb person / to be dumb
a mute / mute; silent
to mime / a dumb show

Sentences with 哑

shì
ba
ma

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