yǎ ba

Traditional: 啞巴

哑巴 (yǎ ba) is a Chinese word meaning “a mute; mute; silent”.

Meanings

  1. 1a mute
  2. 2mute; silent

Characters in 哑巴

哑yā · (onom.) sound of cawing巴bā · to long for

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