啞口無言

啞口無言

Chinese

		mute person; dumb person	to have nothing to say; to be silent
trad. (啞口無言)		啞口	無言
simp. (哑口无言)		哑口	无言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎkǒuwúyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² hau² mou⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎkǒuwúyán [Phonetic: yákǒuwúyán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeakoouwuyan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa² hau² mou⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: á háu mòuh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa² hau² mou⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a² heo² mou⁴ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /äː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

啞口無言

1. to be speechless in response to being interrogated or refuted

Synonyms

• 默不作聲／默不作声 (mòbùzuòshēng)