聋哑 (聾啞)
lóng yǎ
Pinyin

Definition

聋哑 (聾啞)
 - 
lóng yǎ
  1. deaf and dumb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

哑
yā
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of cawing
  2. 2 sound of infant learning to talk
  3. 3 variant: 呀 yā
哑巴
yǎ ba
  1. 1 mute
  2. 2 muted
  3. 3 a dumb person
  4. 4 to be dumb
沙哑
shā yǎ
  1. 1 hoarse
  2. 2 rough
震耳欲聋
zhèn ěr yù lóng
  1. 1 ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
哑剧
yǎ jù
  1. 1 to mime
  2. 2 a dumb show

Idioms (9)

哑口无言
yǎ kǒu wú yán
  1. 1 dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless
  2. 2 at a loss for words
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
哑然无生
yǎ rán wú shēng
  1. 1 silence reigns (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我想做志愿者。不会手语的话，没办法跟聋哑人交流。
wǒ xiǎng zuò zhìyuànzhě 。bùhuì shǒuyǔ dehuà ，méi bànfǎ gēn lóngyǎrén jiāoliú 。
I want to be a volunteer. If I don't know sign language, I can't communicate with deaf people.
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