啞巴

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

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• 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

1. (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)