天啊
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (天啊) |
天 | 啊 | |
alternative forms | 天哪 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Interjection
[edit]天啊
Synonyms
[edit]- 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)