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Chinese symbol for “babble”

咿呀学语
yī yā xué yǔ
Traditional: 咿呀學語
(of a baby) to babble

The closest CC-CEDICT match for babble is 咿呀学语 (yī yā xué yǔ), defined as: (of a baby) to babble.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

咿 yī
a creaking sound; to laugh
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes
呀 yā
particle used to express surprise
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
语 yǔ
words, language; saying, expression
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “babble”

WordPinyinMeaning
唧啾jī jiū(onom.) babble; twittering of birds
潺潺chán chánmurmur; babble (sound of water)
唠唠叨叨 (嘮嘮叨叨)láo lao dāo dāoto chatter; to babble
噏xīto gossip; to babble (Cantonese)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 咿呀学语.

WordPinyinMeaning
哎呀āi yāinterjection of wonder, shock or admiration
啊呀ā yāinterjection of surprise; Oh my!
天呀tiān yaHeavens!; My goodness!
吱呀zhī yā(onom.) creaking
呀呀学语 (呀呀學語)yā yā xué yǔsee 咿呀学语 (yī yā xué yǔ)
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “babble”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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