(onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀[ya1]

mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud

matte; non-glossy

pantomime; mime show

as if dumb; speechless

(dialect) a mute (person)

dud

blind spot; dead spot

sign language

puzzle; mystery

dumbbell (weight)

drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)

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

dumb terminal

dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words

to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]

variant of 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2]

no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])

to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom); unable to speak of one's bitter suffering; sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出