哑巴 (yǎ ba) — a mute person, someone who cannot speak

Définition

A person who cannot speak (literal medical condition), but in everyday talk it usually means 'to stay silent on purpose' — as in the idiom 有苦说不出. Note the neutral 巴 ending makes it a noun for a person, not an adjective.

noun
a mute personsomeone who cannot speak
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Exemples

  • 哑巴
    Tā shì gè yǎ ba, bù néng shuō huà.
    He is a mute and cannot speak.
  • 哑巴
    yǎ ba Yòng shǒu yǔ hé bié rén jiāo liú.
    Mute people communicate with others using sign language.
  • 哑巴
    Tā zhēn shì yǎ ba chī huáng lián, yǒu kǔ shuō bù chū.
    He is really like a mute eating bitter gourd — he has bitterness but cannot express it.
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