失语

失語

shīyǔ

verb

Meanings

1 to lose the power of speech (aphasia)
2 to misspeak
3 to be left speechless

Characters

language, speech

Examples

HSK 5

中风后他暂时失语了。

Zhòngfēng hòu tā zànshí shīyǔ le.

After the stroke he temporarily lost the ability to speak.

HSK 6

面对那样的场景,在场的人都失语了。

Miànduì nàyàng de chǎngjǐng, zàichǎng de rén dōu shīyǔ le.

Faced with a scene like that, those present were all left speechless.

Tips

usage

Two distinct senses: (1) medical, aphasia after brain injury or stroke; (2) literary, temporarily speechless with emotion, an increasingly popular online idiom: 我真的失语了 ('I'm literally speechless').

Stroke Order

失 shī

语 yǔ