HSK 6 · Body

聋哑 lóngyǎ “deaf and mute” in Chinese

Traditional 聾啞

What 聋哑 means

  1. deaf and mute
  2. deaf and nonverbal

How to say 聋哑

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale聋lóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale哑yǎ3rd tone, dipping

聋哑 in a sentence

  1. 聋哑的人用手语说话。

    Lóngyǎ de rén yòng shǒuyǔ shuōhuà.

    Deaf and mute people talk in sign language.

    Sentence #340120 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆是聋哑人。

    Tāngmǔ shì lóngyǎ rén.

    Tom is deaf and mute.

    Sentence #4267384 from Tatoeba

How 聋哑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 聋 (lóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
聋lóngdeaf
  • 龙dragon · lóngSound part
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 龙 (lóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lóng.

The character 哑 (yǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 亚Asia · yàSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 亚 (yà) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǎ.

How to write 聋哑

聋 11 strokes · 哑 9 strokes

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聋哑 (lóngyǎ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 聋哑 (lóngyǎ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 聋哑

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FAQs

聋哑 (lóngyǎ) means “deaf and mute” or “deaf and nonverbal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lóngyǎ: lóng with a 2nd tone, then yǎ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 聋哑 is written 聾啞. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type longya with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 聋哑 from the suggestions. Typing longya into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
聋哑 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.