啞口無言

Chinese

		silent; speechless; mute person silent; speechless; mute person; dumb person	to have nothing to say; to be silent
trad. (啞口無言)		啞口	無言
simp. (哑口无言)		哑口	无言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎkǒuwúyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² hau² mou⁴ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): á-kháu-bû-giân / a-khó͘-bû-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎkǒuwúyán [Phonetic: yákǒuwúyán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎkǒuwúyán
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-kʻou³-wu²-yen²
    • Yale: yǎ-kǒu-wú-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeakoouwuyan
    • Palladius: якоууянь (jakouujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa² hau² mou⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: á háu mòuh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa² hau² mou⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a² heo² mou⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-kháu-bû-giân
    • Tâi-lô: á-kháu-bû-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afqaw'bu'gieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-khó͘-bû-giân
    • Tâi-lô: a-khóo-bû-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'qofbu'gieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/

Idiom

啞口無言

1. to be speechless in response to being interrogated or refuted

Synonyms

• 默不作聲／默不作声 (mòbùzuòshēng)