啞巴虧

Chinese

		mute person; dumb person; one who keeps silent mute person; dumb person; one who keeps silent; one who cannot speak freely	deficiency; deficit
trad. (啞巴虧)		啞巴	虧
simp. (哑巴亏)		哑巴	亏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎbakuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² baa¹ kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎbakuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎbåkuei
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-pa⁵-kʻuei¹
    • Yale: yǎ-ba-kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea.bakuei
    • Palladius: ябакуй (jabakuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa² baa¹ kwai¹
    • Yale: á bā kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa² baa¹ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a² ba¹ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³⁵ paː⁵⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

啞巴虧

1. pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of

Derived terms

• 吃啞巴虧／吃哑巴亏