哎呀媽呀

Chinese

		aiya; alas; ah aiya; alas; ah; oh; ugh; ouch	good heavens; oh my God
trad. (哎呀媽呀)		哎呀	媽呀
simp. (哎呀妈呀)		哎呀	妈呀
alternative forms		唉呀媽呀／唉呀妈呀 哎媽呀／哎妈呀 哎媽／哎妈 艾瑪／艾玛
Literally: “aiya mom”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āiya māya

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ˙ㄧㄚ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiya māya
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ˙ㄧㄚ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aiyå mayå
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-ya⁵ ma¹-ya⁵
    • Yale: āi-ya mā-ya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai.ia mha.ia
    • Palladius: айя мая (ajja maja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä² mä⁵⁵ jä²/

Interjection

1. (colloquial, slang) oh my goodness; oh my god; heavens; oh my