天哪

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	which
simp. and trad. (天哪)		天	哪
alternative forms		天啊

Etymology

天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”) + 哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān na

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ naa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān na
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian nå
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ na⁵
    • Yale: tyān na
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian .na
    • Palladius: тянь на (tjanʹ na)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ naa³
    • Yale: tīn na
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ naa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ na³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/

Interjection

天哪

1. oh my God!; good Lord!; oh dear!; goodness gracious!

   • 天哪，兀的不是我媳婦兒！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     天哪，兀的不是我媳妇儿！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E

     Tiān na, wùde bùshì wǒ xífùr! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
• 喔麥尬／喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
• 天啊 (tiān a)
• 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
• 媽呀／妈呀 (māya)
• 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)
• 阿姆哀 (Hakka)