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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

哑巴

yǎba

a mute

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

a mute

02

mute; silent

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 哑巴 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 哑巴 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

王强像个哑巴一样坐在那,一句话也不说。wáng qiáng xiàng gè yǎ ba yī yàng zuò zài nà, yī jù huà yě bù shuō。

No published English translation for this sentence.

“盲人怎么和别人交流?”“盲人只是瞎,又不是哑巴。”“ máng rén zěn me hé bié rén jiāo liú?”“ máng rén zhǐ shì xiā, yòu bú shì yǎ ba。”

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 哑巴.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 哑巴.

Directly before

  • 不是哑巴1
  • 个哑巴1

Directly after

  • 哑巴一样1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 哑巴

What does 哑巴 mean in Chinese?

哑巴 (yǎba) means a mute.

How do you pronounce 哑巴?

哑巴 is pronounced yǎba.

Is 哑巴 an HSK word?

哑巴 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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