啞巴

See also: 哑巴

Chinese

		dumb; mute; (onomat.)	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
trad. (啞巴)		啞	巴
simp. (哑巴)		哑	巴
variant forms		啞吧／哑吧啞叭／哑叭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yǎba

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): яба (i͡aba, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² baa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎba
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea.ba
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: яба (i͡aba, II-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /jaː⁵¹ paː²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa² baa¹
  - Yale: á bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa² baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a² ba¹
  - IPA ^(key): /äː³⁵ päː⁵⁵/

Noun

啞巴

(informal) mute person; dumb person

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

吃啞巴虧／吃哑巴亏
啞巴吃黃連／哑巴吃黄连

啞巴英語／哑巴英语 (yǎba Yīngyǔ)
啞巴虧／哑巴亏 (yǎbakuī)

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