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鸦 yā

crow; Corvus species (various)

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 6
Radical
鸟
Traditional
鴉
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 牙鸟 ⿰牙鸟

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  1. 教室里突然变得鸦雀无声。
    Jiàoshì lǐ tūrán biàn de yāquèwúshēng.
    The classroom suddenly became silent.
    classroom-inside suddenly become (particle) silent-as-crow-and-sparrow
  2. 老师一进来，教室怎么就鸦雀无声了？
    Lǎoshī yí jìnlái, jiàoshì zěnme jiù yāquèwúshēng le?
    As soon as the teacher came in, why did the classroom become so silent?
    teacher as-soon-as come-in, classroom how then silent (particle) (question)
  3. 请大家保持安静，做到鸦雀无声。
    Qǐng dàjiā bǎochí ānjìng, zuòdào yāquèwúshēng.
    Please everyone stay quiet, be completely silent.
    please everyone keep quiet, achieve silent
  4. 会场里并没有鸦雀无声，反而有些嘈杂。
    Huìchǎng lǐ bìng méiyǒu yāquèwúshēng, fǎn'ér yǒuxiē cáozá.
    The venue wasn't silent at all, on the contrary it was somewhat noisy.
    venue-inside at-all not-have silent, instead somewhat noisy
  5. 宣布结果的那一刻，全场鸦雀无声。
    Xuānbù jiéguǒ de nà yí kè, quánchǎng yāquèwúshēng.
    The moment the results were announced, the whole venue fell silent.
    announce result (particle) that one moment, whole-venue silent

Words with 鸦 (1)