啞巴

See also: 哑巴

Chinese

	dumb; mute; (onomat.)	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
trad. (啞巴)	啞	巴
simp. (哑巴)	哑	巴
alternative forms	啞吧／哑吧啞叭／哑叭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yǎba

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): яба (i͡aba, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² baa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): nga³ ba
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): a-pa

(Teochew, Peng'im): ê² ba¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎba
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎbå
  - Wade–Giles: ya³-pa⁵
  - Yale: yǎ-ba
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea.ba
  - Palladius: яба (jaba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: яба (i͡aba, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵¹ pa²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa² baa¹
  - Yale: á bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa² baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a² ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³⁵ paː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nga³ ba
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋa²¹³⁻²¹ pa¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-pa
  - Tâi-lô: a-pa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'paf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ê² ba¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: é pa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /e⁵²⁻³⁵ pa³³/

Noun

啞巴

mute person; dumb person
你不說話沒人當你是啞巴！ [MSC, trad.]
你不说话没人当你是哑巴！ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ bù shuōhuà méi rén dāng nǐ shì yǎbā! [Pinyin]
Shut up!
(literally, “No one would think that you're dumb just because you're not talking!”
(figuratively) one who keeps silent; one who cannot speak freely

Synonyms

(mute person):

Dialectal synonyms of 啞巴 (“mute person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		啞巴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	啞巴, 啞巴頦兒
	Taiwan	啞巴
	Chengde	啞巴
	Chifeng	啞巴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	啞巴
	Heihe	啞巴, 啞子
	Qiqihar	啞巴
	Harbin	啞巴
	Jiamusi	啞巴
	Baicheng	啞巴
	Changchun	啞巴
	Tonghua	啞巴
	Shenyang	啞巴
	Jinzhou	啞巴
	Singapore	啞巴
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	啞巴
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	啞巴
	Tangshan	啞巴
	Cangzhou	啞巴
	Baoding	啞巴
	Shijiazhuang	啞巴
	Lijin	啞巴
	Jinan	啞巴
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	啞巴
	Dandong	啞巴
	Yantai	啞巴
	Yantai (Muping)	啞巴
	Qingdao	啞巴
	Zhucheng	啞巴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	啞巴
	Lingbao	啞巴
	Jining	啞巴
	Wanrong	啞巴
	Linfen	啞子
	Shangqiu	啞巴
	Yuanyang	啞子
	Zhengzhou	啞巴
	Xinyang	啞巴
	Baihe	啞巴, 啞子
	Xi'an	啞巴, 呱子
	Baoji	啞巴
	Tianshui	啞巴
	Xining	啞巴兒, 啞巴
	Xuzhou	啞巴
	Xuzhou (Jiawang)	啞巴
	Pizhou	啞巴
	Suining	啞巴
	Peixian	啞巴
	Xinyi	啞巴
	Fengxian	啞巴
	Suqian	啞巴
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	啞巴
	Donghai	啞巴
	Fuyang	啞巴, 啞巴嘴子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	啞巴
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	啞巴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	啞巴
	Lanzhou	啞巴, 啞子, 啞巴子
	Dunhuang	啞巴, 啞子
	Hami	啞巴
	Ürümqi	啞巴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	啞巴, 啞子
	Nanchong	啞巴
	Dazhou	啞巴
	Hanyuan	啞巴
	Xichang	啞巴
	Zigong	啞巴兒
	Chongqing	啞巴
	Wuhan	啞巴, 啞子
	Yichang	啞巴
	Xiangyang	啞巴, 啞子
	Tianmen	啞巴
	Guiyang	啞巴
	Zunyi	啞巴
	Bijie	啞巴
	Liping	啞巴
	Zhaotong	啞巴
	Dali	啞巴
	Kunming	啞巴
	Mengzi	啞巴
	Guilin	啞巴, 啞子
	Guilin (Lingui)	啞巴
	Pingle	啞子
	Liuzhou	啞巴
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	啞巴
	Luzhai	啞子
	Nanning (Wuming)	啞巴
	Jishou	啞子
	Changde	啞巴
	Hanzhong	啞巴
	Dagudi (Maliba)	啞巴
	Reshuitang (Longling)	啞巴
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	啞巴
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	啞巴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	啞巴
	Yangzhou	啞巴
	Yangzhou (Jiangdu)	啞巴
	Baoying	啞巴
	Gaoyou	啞巴
	Yizheng	啞巴
	Taizhou	啞巴
	Taixing	啞子
	Taizhou (Jiangyan)	啞巴
	Jingjiang (Dongxing)	啞子
	Zhenjiang	啞巴
	Jurong	啞巴
	Yangzhong	啞巴
	Lianyungang	啞巴
	Guanyun	啞巴
	Guannan	啞巴
	Huai'an	啞巴
	Huai'an (Huai'an District)	啞巴
	Huai'an (Hongze)	啞巴
	Lianshui	啞巴
	Xuyi	啞巴
	Jinhu	啞巴
	Xinghua	啞巴
	Nantong	啞子
	Rugao	啞子
	Rudong	啞巴
	Hai'an	啞巴小
	Yancheng	啞巴
	Dongtai	啞巴
	Binhai	啞巴
	Sheyang	啞巴
	Funing	啞巴
	Jianhu	啞巴
	Xiangshui	啞巴
	Shuyang	啞巴
	Sihong	啞巴
	Siyang	啞巴
	Anqing	啞巴
	Wuhu	啞巴子
	Hefei	啞巴子, 啞巴
	Hong'an	啞巴
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	啞子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿啞, 啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔, 啞女
	Hong Kong	啞人, 啞佬, 啞仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	啞缽, 啞佬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	啞佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	啞個
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	啞佬
	Macau	啞仔, 啞妹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	啞仔, 啞女
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	啞仔, 啞女
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	啞佬, 啞婆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔
	Foshan	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔, 啞女
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	啞仔, 啞女, 啞公, 啞婆
	Foshan (Shunde)	啞仔, 啞女
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啞仔, 啞女
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啞仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	啞仔, 啞女
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	啞仔, 啞女
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	啞佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	啞仔, 啞佬, 啞女
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	啞佬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	啞佬
	Taishan	啞仔, 啞佬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	啞佬
	Enping (Niujiang)	啞佬
	Heshan (Yayao)	啞佬, 啞人
	Dongguan	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔, 啞女
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔
	Qingyuan	啞仔
	Fogang	啞佬, 啞仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	啞佬
	Yangshan	啞仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	啞佬
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	啞佬
	Shaoguan	啞佬
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	啞仔, 啞佬, 啞婆
	Renhua	啞仔
	Lechang	啞仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	啞仔
	Sihui	啞仔, 啞女, 啞婆, 啞佬
	Guangning	啞仔, 啞婆, 啞佬
	Deqing	喑佬, 喑仔
	Huaiji	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	啞佬
	Yunfu	啞仔, 啞佬
	Xinxing	啞佬
	Luoding	啞仔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	啞佬
	Yangjiang	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔, 啞妹
	Xinyi	啞佬
	Lianjiang	啞佬, 啞仔
	Nanning	啞佬
	Yulin	喑佬
	Rongxian	啞佬
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	啞佬
	Hepu (Shatian)	啞巴, 啞佬
	Guiping	啞佬
	Guiping (Mule)	喑佬
	Pingnan	啞佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老啞
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	啞佬
	Guigang (Pingdong)	喑佬
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	啞佬
	Baise	啞佬
Bobai	啞佬
Lingshan	啞佬
Pubei	啞佬
Qinzhou	啞佬
Beihai	啞佬
Beihai (Nankang)	啞佬
Beihai (Yingpan)	啞佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	啞佬 male, 啞婆 female
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	啞仔 young, 啞佬 old, 啞人
Ningming	啞佬
Hengzhou	喑佬
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	啞佬
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	啞佬 male, 啞婆 female
Danzhou	啞佬
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	啞佬, 啞仔
Singapore (Guangfu)	啞仔 male, 啞女 female
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	啞佬 male, 啞婆 female
Móng Cái	啞佬 male, 啞婆 female
Bangkok (Guangfu)	啞佬
Betong (Rongxian)	啞佬
Gan	Nanchang	啞巴
	Nanchang County (Tacheng)	啞巴
	Anyi	啞巴
	Hukou	啞子
	Lushan	啞巴
	Yongxiu	啞巴
	Gongqingcheng (Jiangyi)	啞巴
	Xiushui	啞巴
	Pengze	啞子
	Duchang	啞巴
	Poyang	啞巴子
	Yugan	啞巴子
	Yiyang, Jiangxi	啞巴子
	Hengfeng	啞巴子
	Leping	啞巴子
	Yifeng	啞巴子
	Gao'an	啞巴
	Fengxin	啞仂
	Shanggao	啞子
	Wanzai	啞子
	Xinyu	啞子
	Fuzhou (Shangdundu)	啞子
	Fuzhou (Dongxiang)	啞子
	Nancheng	啞巴子
	Nanfeng	啞巴
	Yihuang	啞巴子
	Lichuan	啞巴, 啞巴子
	Pingxiang	啞巴子
	Lianhua	啞子
	Ji'an	啞巴
	Jishui (Luotian)	啞子
	Yongfeng	啞巴
	Taihe	啞巴子
	Yongxin	啞哩
	Susong (Heta)	啞子
	Yangxin (Guohe)	啞巴
	Pingjiang (Nanjiang)	啞巴
	Liling (Baitutan)	啞巴
	Chaling	啞巴
	Jianning	啞子
Hakka	Meixian	啞子, 啞仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	啞繃
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	啞仔
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	啞仔
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	啞仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	啞仔
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	啞仔
	Boluo (Bendihua)	啞仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞仔
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	啞仔, 啞嫲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	啞佬, 啞仔, 啞嫲, 啞妹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	啞佬
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	啞哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	啞哩, 啞仔
	Zijin	啞仔
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	啞佬仔
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	啞蒂
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	啞佬
	Wengyuan	啞佬
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	啞佬
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	啞仔
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	啞佬仔
	Liannan	啞佬
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	啞仔
	Jiexi	啞佬
	Luhe	啞佬
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	啞狗
	Changting	啞子
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	啞繃
	Wuping	啞牯 male, 啞嫲 female
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	啞牯 male, 啞嫲 female
	Wuping (Yanqian)	啞牯 male, 啞嫲 female
	Wuping (Wudong)	啞牯 male, 啞嫲 female
	Ninghua	啞子
	Yudu	啞巴子, 啞牯
	Ningdu	啞巴
	Ruijin	啞牯 male, 啞婆 female
	Shicheng	啞巴
	Shangyou (Shexi)	啞巴子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	啞巴
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	啞巴子
	Dayu	啞佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	啞仔, 啞狗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	啞子, 啞狗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	啞仔, 啞狗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	啞, 啞狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	啞仔, 啞子, 啞狗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	啞狗
	Hong Kong	啞佬
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	啞佬
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	啞佬
	Xinyi (Sihe)	啞佬
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	啞佬
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	啞佬
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	啞佬
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	喑佬, 喑婆
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	啞佬, 啞婆, 啞子, 啞妹
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	啞佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	啞巴
	Luchuan	啞佬
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	啞佬
	Mashan (Pianlian)	啞佬
Sabah (Longchuan)	啞嘴, 啞巴
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	啞巴
Senai (Huiyang)	啞佬
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	啞佬
Singkawang	啞佬
Bangkok (Meixian)	啞子
Bangkok (Fengshun)	啞佬
Bangkok (Jiexi)	啞佬
Huizhou	Jixi	啞溜子, 啞溜
Huizhou	Shexian	啞巴, 啞子
Jin	Taiyuan	啞子, 啞巴
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	啞巴
	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	啞巴子
	Pingyao	啞子
	Yangyuan	啞巴
	Datong	啞巴, 啞子
	Xinzhou	啞子, 啞巴子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	啞巴, 啞子
	Changzhi	啞巴
	Linhe	啞子
	Jining	啞巴, 啞子
	Hohhot	啞子
	Erenhot	啞巴, 啞子
	Pingshan	啞巴
	Zhangjiakou	啞巴
	Handan	啞巴
	Linzhou	啞巴
	Suide	啞巴, 啞子
	Shenmu	啞子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	啞仔
	Songxi	啞來
	Zhenghe	病啞
	Jianyang	啞仔
	Wuyishan	啞仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	啞仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	病啞
	Fuzhou (Changle)	病啞
	Fuqing	病啞
	Yongtai	病啞
	Gutian	病啞
	Fu'an	病啞
	Ningde	病啞
	Shouning	病啞
	Zhouning	病啞
	Fuding	啞狗
Southern Min	Xiamen	啞口, 啞口的
	Quanzhou	啞口, 啞口的
	Jinjiang	啞口
	Yongchun	啞口
	Zhangzhou	啞口, 啞口的, 啞口仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	啞口
	Pinghe	啞口
	Zhangpu	啞口仔
	Zhao'an	啞口
	Taipei	啞口
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	啞口
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	啞口
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	啞口
	Kaohsiung	哦口
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	啞口
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	哦口
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	哦口
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	啞口
	Yilan	啞口
	Yilan (Toucheng)	啞口
	Changhua (Lukang)	啞口
	Taichung	啞口
	Tainan	哦口, 啞口
	Tainan (Anping)	啞口
	Hsinchu	啞口
	Kinmen	啞口
	Penghu (Magong)	啞口
	Penghu (Xiyu)	啞口
	Penang (Hokkien)	啞口
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啞口
	Manila (Hokkien)	啞口
	Longyan	啞口
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	啞口
	Datian	病啞
	Shunchang (Pushang)	啞口
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	啞佬
	Pingnan (Sijie)	啞口
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	啞口
	Lechang (Tatou)	啞佬
	Yingde (Yuzui)	啞口
	Yunan (Liantan)	啞口
	Chaozhou	啞囝
	Raoping	啞口
	Shantou	啞囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	啞囝
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	啞囝
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	啞口
	Jieyang	啞囝
	Haifeng	老啞
	Bangkok (Teochew)	啞
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	啞囝
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	啞囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	啞口
	Leizhou	妃啞
	Wenchang	妚啞
	Haikou	啞口, 啞囝
Puxian Min	Putian	啞口, 啞口蟬
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	啞口
	Xianyou	啞口
	Fuding (Aoyao)	啞口
Central Min	Yong'an	病啞, 啞子
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	啞子
	Sanming (Shaxian)	啞子
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	啞子, 啞巴子
	Jiangle	啞子
	Mingxi	啞嘴
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	啞囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	啞佬, 啞囝 child
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	啞佬
	Nanning (Shajing)	啞佬
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	喑佬
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	啞巴
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	啞巴
Shehua	Fu'an	病啞
	Luoyuan	病啞
	Sanming	病啞
	Guixi (Zhangping)	啞巴仔
	Longyou	啞仔
	Chaozhou	啞
	Fengshun	啞佬
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	啞立
Wu	Shanghai	啞子
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	啞子
	Shanghai (Jiading)	啞子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	啞子
	Suzhou	啞子
	Suzhou (Wujiang)	啞子
	Wuxi	啞子
	Changshu	啞子
	Kunshan	啞子
	Taicang	啞子
	Nantong (Tongzhou)	啞子
	Qidong	啞子
	Nantong (Haimen)	啞子
	Haimen (Sijia)	啞子
	Changzhou	啞巴子
	Liyang	啞巴
	Changzhou (Jintan)	啞巴子
	Yixing	啞巴子
	Danyang	啞巴
	Jingjiang	啞子
	Jiangyin	啞子
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	啞巴子
	Hangzhou	啞巴子
	Ningbo	啞子
	Yuyao	啞子
	Wenzhou	啞佬, 啞兒
	Jinhua	啞口, 老啞兒, 啞口洞, 老啞洞, 老啞兒洞
	Yiwu	啞口兒
Xiang	Changsha	啞子, 啞巴
	Loudi	啞巴
	Shuangfeng	啞巴
	Quanzhou	啞巴
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	啞巴

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Descendants

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