啞語

Chinese

		dumb; mute; (onomat.)	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (啞語)		啞	語
simp. (哑语)		哑	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎyǔ [Phonetic: yáyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-yü³
    • Yale: yǎ-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeayeu
    • Palladius: яюй (jajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa² jyu⁵
    • Yale: á yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: a² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

啞語

1. sign language

   打啞語／打哑语  ―  dǎ yǎyǔ  ―  to use sign language

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手語 (“sign language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手語, 啞語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	手語
	Singapore	手語
Cantonese	Hong Kong	手語
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手語
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手語
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手語
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手語
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手語
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手語
Southern Min	Xiamen	手語
	Quanzhou	手語
	Zhangzhou	手語
	Taipei	手語 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)