哎呀

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āiyā, āiyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄧㄚ, ㄞ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai¹ jaa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai-ia / ai--ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aiya
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-ya¹
    • Yale: āi-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiia
    • Palladius: айя (ajja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aiyá
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-ya²
    • Yale: āi-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiya
    • Palladius: айя (ajja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai¹ jaa³
    • Yale: āi ya
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai¹ jaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei¹ ya³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-ia
    • Tâi-lô: ai-ia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'iaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ ia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai--ia
    • Tâi-lô: ai--ia

Interjection

哎呀

1. aiya; alas; ah; oh; ugh; ouch (expressing surprise, annoyance, pain, frustration, sarcasm, etc.)

   哎呀，蚊子太多了！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Āiyā, wénzi tài duō le! [Pinyin]

   Ugh/Ouch, there are too many mosquitoes!

   哎呀，你這是怎麼了？ [MSC, trad.]
   哎呀，你这是怎么了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Āiyā, nǐ zhè shì zěnme le? [Pinyin]

   Goodness, what's this about?

Derived terms

• 哎呀媽呀 / 哎呀妈呀 (āiya māya)

 

Descendants

• → English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah
• → Macanese: aia
• → Thai: ไอ้หยา (âi-yǎa)

See also

• (Cantonese) 哎吔
• (Korean) 아야 (aya)