天哪

Chinese

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

Etymology

天 ("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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiān na
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian .nha
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ naa³
  - Yale: tīn na
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ naa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ na³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ näː³³/

Interjection

天哪

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

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