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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “babble”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唧啾 | jī jiū | (onom.) babble; twittering of birds |
| 潺潺 | chán chán | murmur; babble (sound of water) |
| 唠唠叨叨 (嘮嘮叨叨) | láo lao dāo dāo | to chatter; to babble |
| 噏 | xī | to gossip; to babble (Cantonese) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 咿呀学语.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哎呀 | āi yā | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |
| 啊呀 | ā yā | interjection of surprise; Oh my! |
| 天呀 | tiān ya | Heavens!; My goodness! |
| 吱呀 | zhī yā | (onom.) creaking |
| 呀呀学语 (呀呀學語) | yā yā xué yǔ | see 咿呀学语 (yī yā xué yǔ) |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 学校 (學校) | xué xiào | school; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 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.