哎呀

Chinese

		an interjection; hey; lookout an interjection; hey; lookout; why etc	(final part.)
simp. and trad. (哎呀)		哎	呀
variant forms		唉呀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āiyā, āiyá

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄧㄚ, ㄞㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ aa¹
Min Nan (POJ): ai-ia / ai--ia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āiyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiia
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āiyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiya
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aai¹ aa¹
  - Yale: āai ā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ aa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai¹ a¹
  - IPA ^(key): /äːi̯⁵⁵ äː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-ia
  - Tâi-lô: ai-ia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ai'iaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ³³ ia³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai--ia
  - Tâi-lô: ai--ia

Interjection

哎呀

ah; oh; ugh
哎呀，蚊子太多了！ ― Āiyā, wénzi tài duō le! ― Ugh, there are too many mosquitoes!

Usage notes

Used to express surprise, blame or annoyance.

Derived terms

哎呀媽呀／哎呀妈呀 (āiya māya)

Descendants

→ English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah

See also

(Cantonese) 哎吔

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