Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
媽呀
- good heavens; oh my God
Synonyms[edit]
- 哇老誒/哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
- 喔麥尬/喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
- 天哪 (tiān na)
- 天啊 (tiān a)
- 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
- 我父 (Teochew)
- 我的天 (wǒ de tiān)
- 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
- 我的媽呀/我的妈呀 (wǒdemāya)
- 我空 (Philippine Hokkien)
- 我苦 (Hokkien)
- 我迸 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 皇天 (Wenzhounese)
- 阿姆哀 (Hakka)