聋哑人 (lóng yǎ rén) — deaf-mute person; person who is both deaf and u… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A person who is both deaf and unable to speak. Note that in modern usage, 聋人 (deaf person) is increasingly preferred as 哑 is considered dated or insensitive.

noun

deaf-mute personperson who is both deaf and unable to speak

Measure word · 个

Examples

聋哑人。
Nà wèi lóng yǎ rén tōng guò shǒu yǔ hé péng you men jiāo liú.
That deaf-mute person communicates with friends through sign language.
聋哑人。
Shè huì yīng gāi jǐ yǔ lóng yǎ rén gèng duō de guān ài hé bāng zhù.
Society should give more care and help to deaf-mute people.
聋哑人。
Zhè suǒ xué xiào zhuān mén wèi lóng yǎ rén shè lì.
This school was established specially for deaf-mute people.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

聋哑deaf-mute

聋lóngdeaf哑yǎmute

联合Coordinate

聋 means deaf and 哑 means mute, together describing a 人 who cannot hear or speak.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聾; 聋 is its simplified writing.

龍耳聾

Meaning part形符xíngfú

耳耳ěrear

Sound part声符shēngfú

龍

龍lóng聾lóng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聾 pairs 耳 (ear) with 龍 (lóng) as the sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 啞; 哑 is its simplified writing.

口亞啞

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

亞

亞yā啞

Same sound today

In the traditional form 啞, 口 shows the idea of mouth, and 亞 supplies the pronunciation; the simplified 哑 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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