sī yǎ

Traditional: 嘶啞

嘶哑 (sī yǎ) is a Chinese word meaning “(onom.) coarse crowing; hoarse; husky”.

Meanings

  1. 1(onom.) coarse crowing
  2. 2hoarse
  3. 3husky

Characters in 嘶哑

嘶sī · hiss哑yā · (onom.) sound of cawing

Related words

哑巴a mute哑(onom.) sound of cawing哑mute; dumb; incapable of speech嘶hiss哑剧pantomime; mime show沙哑hoarse; husky; raspy聋哑人a deaf and mute person声嘶力竭to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)哑铃dumbbell (weight)聋哑deaf and nonverbal哑谜puzzle装聋作哑to play deaf-mute

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