哎吔

Chinese

		an interjection; hey; lookout an interjection; hey; lookout; why etc
trad. (哎吔)		哎	吔
simp. #(哎吔)		哎	吔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai¹ jaa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai¹ jaa¹
    • Yale: āi yā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai¹ jaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei¹ ya¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː⁵⁵/

Adjective

哎吔

1. (Cantonese) sort of; symbolic

   哎吔老豆 [Cantonese]  ―  ai¹ jaa¹ lou⁵ dau⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  so-called dad

Interjection

哎吔

1. (Cantonese) ah, oh

See also

• (Mandarin) 哎呀 (āiyā)
• (Korean) 아야 (aya)