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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
喑啞
- mute; dumb (unable to speak)
聾盲、喑啞、跛躄、偏枯、握遞不耐自生者，上收而養之疾官而衣食之，殊身而后止。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
聋盲、喑哑、跛躄、偏枯、握递不耐自生者，上收而养之疾官而衣食之，殊身而后止。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CE
- Lóng máng, yīnyǎ, bǒbì, piānkū, wò dì bù nài zì shēng zhě, shàng shōu ér yǎng zhī jíguān ér yīsì zhī, shū shēn ér hòu zhǐ.
- For those who suffer from deafness, blindness, muteness, lameness and tenosynovitis, the ruler shall have them in his care and provide for their needs until they die.
- speechless
- hoarse; husky