啞口

Chinese

		dumb; mute; (onomat.)	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (啞口)		啞	口
simp. (哑口)		哑	口

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): é-káu

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-káu
  - Tâi-lô: é-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efkao
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaʊ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

啞口

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) mute person; dumb person

Synonyms

啞巴／哑巴 (yǎba)
(Cantonese) 啞人／哑人, 阿啞／阿哑
(Hakka) 啞仔／哑仔
(Min Nan) 啞口的／哑口的

Adjective

啞口

(Taiwanese Hokkien) having lost a body function (of a living organism, usually related to the mouth)

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