啞巴英語

啞巴英語

Chinese

		mute person; dumb person; one who keeps silent mute person; dumb person; one who keeps silent; one who cannot speak freely	English language
trad. (啞巴英語)		啞巴	英語
simp. (哑巴英语)		哑巴	英语
Literally: “mute English”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎba Yīngyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² baa¹ jing¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎba Yīngyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎbå Yingyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-pa⁵ Ying¹-yü³
    • Yale: yǎ-ba Yīng-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea.ba Ingyeu
    • Palladius: яба Инъюй (jaba Inʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa² baa¹ jing¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: á bā yīng yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa² baa¹ jing¹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: a² ba¹ ying¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³⁵ paː⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

啞巴英語

1. (education) excessive focus on written, as opposed to spoken, English (especially as taught in schools)