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

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.

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

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