天啊

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	an interjection; to express doubt or to question; to show realization an interjection; to express doubt or to question; to show realization; to stress; (interj. for surprise); (interj.) oh; (a modal particle showing affirmation, approval, or consent); (interj.); ah
simp. and trad. (天啊)		天	啊
alternative forms		天哪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān a

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ aa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān a
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian å
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ a⁵
    • Yale: tyān a
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian .a
    • Palladius: тянь а (tjanʹ a)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ aa³
    • Yale: tīn a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ aː³³/

Interjection

天啊

1. oh my God; my God; my goodness

Synonyms

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• 哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
• 喔麥尬／喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
• 天哪 (tiān na)
• 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
• 媽呀／妈呀 (māya)
• 我父 (ua² bê⁶) (Teochew)
• 我的天 (wǒ de tiān)
• 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
• 我的媽呀／我的妈呀 (wǒdemāya)
• 我空 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 我苦 (Hokkien)
• 我迸 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 皇天 (Wenzhounese)
• 阿姆哀 (Hakka)