哑 (yǎ / yā) means Mute (speechless - hoarse), (ah!). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他学会了和聋 哑 人交流。
Tā xuéhuì le hé lóngyǎ rén jiāoliú.
He learned to communicate with deaf-mute people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 聋哑
他咳嗽不止，声音都 哑 了。
Tā késou bùzhǐ, shēngyīn dōu yǎ le.
He coughed without stopping until his voice went hoarse.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不止
喊了一晚上，喉咙都 哑 了。
Hǎn le yì wǎnshang, hóulóng dōu yǎ le.
After shouting all evening his throat was hoarse.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 喉咙
这所学校专门招收聋 哑 学生。
Zhè suǒ xuéxiào zhuānmén zhāoshōu lóngyǎ xuésheng.
This school takes deaf and mute students specifically.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 聋哑
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Words that contain 哑
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Questions about 哑
How is 哑 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 哑 (yǎ / yā, "Mute (speechless - hoarse), (ah!)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 哑 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 哑 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 哑?
The dictionary page for 哑 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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