哑巴

啞巴
yǎba
  1. a mute
  2. mute; silent

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) one who keeps silent; one who cannot speak freely
  2. mute person; dumb person
  3. one who keeps silent; one who cannot speak freely

Wiktionary

  1. 失去生理上的语言功能，无法说话的人。
  2. 不再开口表示意见。

重編國語辭典

  1. 保持沉默的人；不能畅所欲言的人
  2. 失去生理上的语言功能而无法说话的人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 哑 yǎ
  1. mute; dumb; incapable of speech
  2. (of a voice) hoarse; husky
  3. (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
2 巴 bā
  1. to long for
  2. to wish
  3. to cling to
  4. to stick to
  5. sth that sticks
  6. close to
  7. next to
  8. spread open
  9. informal abbr. for bus 巴士 bāshì
  10. bar (unit of pressure)
  11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěiba, tail

Containing this entry

哑巴吃黄莲 yǎbachīhuánglián
  1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. also written 哑巴吃黄连
  3. (often precedes 有苦说不出 yǒukǔshuōbuchū)
哑巴吃黄连 yǎbachīhuánglián
  1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. also written 哑巴吃黄莲
  3. (often precedes 有苦说不出 yǒukǔshuōbuchū)
哑巴亏 yǎbakuī
  1. pent-up unspoken grievances
  2. suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
哑巴英语 yǎba Yīngyǔ

Related entries

哑子 yǎzi (dialect) a mute (person)