哎呀

哎呀

Chinese

		an interjection; hey; lookout an interjection; hey; lookout; why etc	(final part.)
simp. and trad. (哎呀)		哎	呀
variant forms		唉呀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āiyā, āiyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄧㄚ, ㄞ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ aa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ai-ia / ai--ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: āiyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiia
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: āiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiya
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai¹ aa¹
    • Yale: āai ā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ aa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai¹ a¹
    • IPA ^(key): /äːi̯⁵⁵ äː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-ia
    • Tâi-lô: ai-ia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'iaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ³³ ia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai--ia
    • Tâi-lô: ai--ia

Interjection

哎呀

1. ah; oh; ugh

   哎呀，蚊子太多了！  ―  Āiyā, wénzi tài duō le!  ―  Ugh, there are too many mosquitoes!

Usage notes

Used to express surprise, blame or annoyance.

Derived terms

哎呀媽呀／哎呀妈呀 (āiya māya)

Descendants

• → English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah

See also

• (Cantonese) 哎吔