喑啞

Chinese

		dumb	dumb; mute; (onomat.)
trad. (喑啞)		喑	啞
simp. (喑哑)		喑	哑
alternative forms		瘖啞／瘖哑瘖瘂／瘖痖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ aa²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinyǎ
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-ya³
  - Yale: yīn-yǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyea
  - Palladius: инья (inʹja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ aa²
  - Yale: yām á
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ aa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ a²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ aː³⁵/

Adjective

喑啞

mute; dumb (unable to speak)
聾盲、喑啞、跛躄、偏枯、握遞不耐自生者，上收而養之疾官而衣食之，殊身而后止。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
聋盲、喑哑、跛躄、偏枯、握递不耐自生者，上收而养之疾官而衣食之，殊身而后止。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE
Lóng máng, yīnyǎ, bǒbì, piānkū, wò dì bù nài zì shēng zhě, shàng shōu ér yǎng zhī jíguān ér yīsì zhī, shū shēn ér hòu zhǐ. [Pinyin]
For those who suffer from deafness, blindness, muteness, lameness and tenosynovitis, the ruler shall have them in his care and provide for their needs until they die.
speechless
一歲再赦，好人喑啞。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
一岁再赦，好人喑哑。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: The New Book of Tang, 1060 CE
Yīsuìzàishè, hǎorén yīnyǎ. [Pinyin]
Too many amnesties in a single year makes good people speechless.
hoarse; husky

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