哇酷哇酷

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (哇酷哇酷)		哇	酷	哇	酷
simp. #(哇酷哇酷)		哇	酷	哇	酷

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese わくわく (wakuwaku, “be excited”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wākùwākù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˋ ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wākùwākù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˋ ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wakùwakù
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-kʻu⁴-wa¹-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: wā-kù-wā-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uakuhuakuh
    • Palladius: вакуваку (vakuvaku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ kʰu⁵¹ wä⁵⁵ kʰu⁵¹/

Interjection

哇酷哇酷

1. (Mandarin, Internet slang) wow (with excitement, anticipation, and thrill) [from 2022]