哑巴 (啞巴)
yǎ ba
Pinyin

Definition

哑巴 (啞巴)
 - 
yǎ ba
  1. mute
  2. muted
  3. a dumb person
  4. to be dumb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下巴
xià ba
  1. 1 chin
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
嘴巴
zuǐ ba
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 slap in the face
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
大巴
dà bā
  1. 1 (coll.) large bus
  2. 2 coach
  3. 3 (abbr. for 大型巴士)
尾巴
wěi ba
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
巴
Bā
  1. 1 Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
  2. 2 abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing
  3. 3 surname Ba
  4. 4 abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian
  5. 5 abbr. for Pakistan

Idioms (12)

哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
巴三览四
bā sān lǎn sì
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
  1. 1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
  2. 2 to consider repeatedly

Sample Sentences

哑巴吃黄连有苦说不出。
yǎbā chī huánglián yǒukǔ shuō bù chū 。
A mute eats a yellow lotus --- if it's bitter, he can't say anything about it
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好，下面上场的是来自乌克兰的五号选手阿全，他将为大家带来一段经典的绕口令《喇嘛和哑巴》。掌声有请！
hǎo ，xiàmian shàngchǎng de shì láizì Wūkèlán de wǔ hào xuǎnshǒu Āquán ，tā jiāng wèi dàjiā dàilái yī duàn jīngdiǎn de ràokǒulìng 《lǎma hé yǎba 》。zhǎngshēng yǒuqǐng ！
OK, next up to the stage we have contestant number five from Ukraine, A Quan. He'll be performing a classic tongue twister for you called, "The Lama and the Mute." Please welcome him to the stage!
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从南边来了个喇嘛，提拉着五斤鳎目。从北边来个哑巴，腰里别着个喇叭，提拉鳎目的嘛嘛，嘛嘛嘛嘛......不好意思！
cóng nánbiān lái le ge lǎma ，tílā zhe wǔ jīn tǎma 。cóng běibiān lái ge yǎba ，yāo lǐ bié zhe ge lǎba ，tílā tǎma de ma ma ，ma ma ma ma ......bùhǎoyìsi ！
A lama came from the south carrying five jin of sole. A mute came from the north with a trumpet tied to his waist. The ma carrying the sole, ma ma ma ma...sorry!
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你懂什么，中国人学英语那么多年，到头来还是哑巴英语。喏，这是我新买的疯狂教学法，目的就是要开口说英语。
nǐ dǒng shénme ，Zhōngguórén xué Yīngyǔ nàme duō nián ，dàotóulái háishì yǎbā Yīngyǔ 。nuò ，zhè shì wǒ xīn mǎi de fēngkuáng jiàoxué fǎ ，mùdì jiùshì yào kāikǒu shuō Yīngyǔ 。
What do you know? Chinese people study English for so many years, and in the end, they're still mute. Look, this is the new 'crazy' teaching method I bought. The goal is to open your mouth and start speaking English.
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其实会说就行了，考什么HSK！想想我们考英语四六级的时候吧，考了半天还不是哑巴英语，连个完整的句子都说不好。
qíshí huì shuō jiù xíng le ，kǎo shénme HSK ！xiǎngxiang wǒmen kǎo yīngyǔ sì liù jí de shíhou ba ，kǎo le bàntiān hái bù shì yǎbā Yīngyǔ ，lián ge wánzhěng de jùzi dōu shuō bù hǎo 。
Actually, as long as you can speak it's fine. Why take the HSK! Think back to when we tested at level 4 or 6 in English. We were testing all day long, but we still couldn't speak it. We couldn't even put together a proper complete sentence.
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