喔麥尬

喔麥尬

See also: 喔麦尬

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (喔麥尬)		喔	麥	尬
simp. (喔麦尬)		喔	麦	尬

Etymology

Borrowed from English oh my God.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōmàigà

  (Zhuyin): ㄛ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōmàigà
    • Zhuyin: ㄛ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: omàigà
    • Wade–Giles: o¹-mai⁴-ka⁴
    • Yale: ō-mài-gà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: omaygah
    • Palladius: омайга (omajga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɔ⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kä⁵¹/

Interjection

喔麥尬

1. (chiefly Taiwan, slang) oh my God; my God; my goodness

   • 喔麥尬!這真是太誇張了,難道西施舌有毒劇嗎?? [MSC, trad.]
     喔麦尬!这真是太夸张了,难道西施舌有毒剧吗?? [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2002 August 1, 夾S人讀北科, “有人養饅頭蟹嗎???”, in tw.bbs.rec.aquarium, Usenet

     Ōmàigà! Zhè zhēnshì tài kuāzhāng le, nándào xīshīshé yǒu dújù ma?? [Pinyin]

     Oh my God! This is too much! Could it be that Hiatula diphos is poisonous??

   • 喔麥尬！她實在不知道該怎麼應付那個唱作俱佳的「親家母」。 [MSC, trad.]
     喔麦尬！她实在不知道该怎么应付那个唱作俱佳的“亲家母”。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010, 忻彤, 尋找接班人, page 2

     Ōmàigà! Tā shízài bù zhīdào gāi zěnme yìngfù nàge chàngzuòjùjiā de “qìngjiamǔ”. [Pinyin]

     Oh my God! She really doesn't know how she should deal with that “in-law” who performs brilliantly.

   • 在內心上演著「老爺不要～夫人會看見」戲碼的同時，俺咬破了魚眼，古溜的爆漿感與魚汁充滿在口腔內，喔麥尬……是洋蔥嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
     在内心上演着“老爷不要～夫人会看见”戏码的同时，俺咬破了鱼眼，古溜的爆浆感与鱼汁充满在口腔内，喔麦尬……是洋葱吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015, 盧啾啾 (Fox Lu), 一起熱血打工換宿吧！(Room and Board in Taiwan), page 155

     Zài nèixīn shàngyǎn zhe “lǎoyé bùyào ~ fūrén huì kànjiàn” xìmǎ de tóngshí, ǎn yǎo pò le yúyǎn, gǔliū de bàojiānggǎn yǔ yúzhī chōngmǎn zài kǒuqiāng nèi, ōmàigà...... Shì yángcōng ma? [Pinyin]

     While I'm playing “no, master ~ madam will see” in my mind, I bit the fish eye apart, with my mouth filled with the feeling of sliminess exploding and fish juice. Oh my God... is it onion!

Synonyms

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天啊 (tiān a) 我的天 (wǒ de tiān) 我空 (Min Nan) 我苦 (Min Nan)

我迸 (Min Nan) 阿姆哀 (Hakka) 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo) 哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)