Chinese symbol for “hoarse”
沙哑
shā yǎ
Traditional: 沙啞
hoarse; husky; raspy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hoarse is 沙哑 (shā yǎ), defined as: hoarse; husky; raspy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hoarse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗄 | shà | hoarse |
| 沙 | shā | granule; hoarse |
| 喑哑 (喑啞) | yīn yǎ | hoarse; raspy |
| 哑 (啞) | yǎ | mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky |
| 嘶哑 (嘶啞) | sī yǎ | (onom.) coarse crowing; hoarse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沙哑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沙漠 | shā mò | desert; 个 (gè) |
| 金沙 | jīn shā | gold dust; salted egg yolk sauce |
| 沙发 (沙發) | shā fā | (loanword) sofa (条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng)); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post |
| 沙滩 (沙灘) | shā tān | beach; sandy shore |
| 沙龙 (沙龍) | shā lóng | salon (loanword) |
| 沙皇 | shā huáng | czar (loanword) |
| 哑巴 (啞巴) | yǎ ba | a mute; mute; silent |
| 哑口无言 (啞口無言) | yǎ kǒu wú yán | dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hoarse”.
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.