啊
啊 - Translingual
Han character
啊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口弓中口 (RNLR), four-corner 61020, composition ⿰口阿)
啊 - Chinese
simp. and trad. | 啊 |
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 阿 (OC *qaːl).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): aa1
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): 0a
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ā
- Zhuyin: ㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: a
- Wade–Giles: a1
- Yale: ā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: a
- Palladius: а (a)
- Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa1
- Yale: ā
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa1
- Guangdong Romanization: a1
- Sinological IPA : /aː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a
- Tâi-lô: a
- Phofsit Daibuun: af
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah
- Tâi-lô: ah
- Phofsit Daibuun: aq
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /aʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /aʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --ah
- Tâi-lô: --ah
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: a7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ā
- Sinological IPA : /a¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 0a
- Sinological IPA : /a̱/
- (Shanghainese)
Definitions
啊
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: á
- Zhuyin: ㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: á
- Wade–Giles: a2
- Yale: á
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ar
- Palladius: а (a)
- Sinological IPA : /ˀä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa2
- Yale: á
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa2
- Guangdong Romanization: a2
- Sinological IPA : /aː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 0a
- Sinological IPA : /a̱/
- (Shanghainese)
Definitions
啊
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
啊
Pronunciation 4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: à
- Zhuyin: ㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: à
- Wade–Giles: a4
- Yale: à
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ah
- Palladius: а (a)
- Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa6
- Yale: ah
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa6
- Guangdong Romanization: a6
- Sinological IPA : /aː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 0a; 0hha
- Sinological IPA : /a̱/, /ɦa̱/
- (Shanghainese)
Definitions
啊
Pronunciation 5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: a
- Zhuyin: ˙ㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: å
- Wade–Giles: a5
- Yale: a
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .a
- Palladius: а (a)
- Sinological IPA : /ˀä/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa3
- Yale: a
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3
- Guangdong Romanization: a3
- Sinological IPA : /aː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 0a; 0hha
- Sinological IPA : /a̱/, /ɦa̱/
- (Shanghainese)
Definitions
啊
- Sentence-final particle expressing surprise.
- Sentence-final particle expressing exclamation, excitement or enthusiasm.
- Sentence-final particle softening the request.
- Used in enumerations, for confirmation (often untranslated).
- on and on, continuously
Usage notes
In Standard Mandarin, this toneless particle is found in complementary distribution with several other particles, governed by the nature of the preceding syllable. However, this distinction is not strictly reflected in writing, and 啊 tends to an all-encompassing particle. Thus it may carry the pronunciation of any of its variants below in actual speech:
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 呀
Compounds
- 啊呀 (āyā)
- 啊哈 (āhā)
- 啊唷 (āyō)
- 啊喲/啊哟 (āyō)
- 嗯啊
- (Hokkien) 揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/揀啊揀,揀著一个賣龍眼/拣啊拣,拣着一个卖龙眼 (kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng)
Descendants
- → English: ah (Singapore, Malaysia)
啊 - Japanese
Kanji
啊
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- Exclamatory particle
Readings
啊 - Korean
Hanja
啊 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)
啊 - Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Han character
啊: Hán Việt readings: a 啊: Nôm readings: a[1], à[1], ơ, ạ[1]
Interjection
啊