啊
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
啊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口弓中口 (RNLR), four-corner 61020, composition ⿰口阿)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 195, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3808
- Dae Jaweon: page 416, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 634, character 18
- Unihan data for U+554A
Chinese[edit]
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Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 阿 (OC *qaːl).
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Definitions[edit]
啊
- Used by itself to express surprise. ah, oh, ha
- Used to express affirmation or commandment.
- 哎,你什麼時候抽空兒給我們佳佳複習複習功課,讓她提高提高學習水平啊! [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 15
- Āi, nǐ shénme shíhou chōu kòngr gěi wǒmen Jiājia fùxí fùxí gōngkè, ràng tā tígāo tígāo xuéxí shuǐpíng ā! [Pinyin]
- Hey, when you take the time to give our Jiajia review homework, let her improve her studies, eh?!
哎,你什么时候抽空儿给我们佳佳复习复习功课,让她提高提高学习水平啊! [MSC, simp.]
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Definitions[edit]
啊
Pronunciation 3[edit]
Definitions[edit]
啊
Pronunciation 4[edit]
Definitions[edit]
啊
Pronunciation 5[edit]
Definitions[edit]
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[edit]
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:
- -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi + [a] → 啊 (a)
- -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü + [a] → 呀 (ya)
- -u, -ao + [a] → 哇 (wa)
- -n + [a] → 哪 (na)
Synonyms[edit]
- (Cantonese) 呀
Compounds[edit]
- 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[edit]
- → English: ah (Singapore, Malaysia)
References[edit]
- “Entry #7043”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
啊
- Exclamatory particle
Readings[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
啊 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)
Vietnamese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Han character[edit]
啊: Hán Việt readings: a[2][3]
啊: Nôm readings: a[4][1], à[4][1], ơ[2], ạ[1]
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Interjection[edit]
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References[edit]
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