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

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

to be speechless in response to being interrogated or refuted

Synonyms

默不作聲／默不作声 (mòbùzuòshēng)

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