呀

ya

HSK 4freq #432

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

ya

1.(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

yā

1.ah (used to express surprise)
2.(onom.) creaking

CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA

Wiktionary

1.to be surprised
2.Interjection for expressing surprise
3.creak
4.a classifier
5.synonym of 啊 (“Sentence-final exclamation particle”) Normally used after words ending in -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü.
6.Sentence-final particle for softening statements or questions.
7.Particle used after list items in a list of examples.
8.Sentence-final particle expressing surprise and suspicion.
9.opened
10.empty
11.-ty

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Stroke order

Components

呀口牙

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我可真倒楣呀。
I'm such an unlucky guy.
时间过得多快呀。
How time flies!
你今天想去哪儿呀？
Where do you want to go today?
你在学校学些什么呀？
What are you learning at school?
你的袜子破了一个洞呀。
There is a hole in your sock.
你磨蹭什么呀，快点去吧。
What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.

Sentences from Tatoeba · CC-BY 2.0 FR

More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Derived terms

噯呀嗳呀哎呀幾廿歲人几廿岁人

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Related words

哎呀 interjection of wonder, shock or admiration 吽呀 variant of 吽牙[óu yá]天呀 Heavens!吱呀 (onom.) creaking 啊呀 interjection of surprise 呀诺达 Yanoda, a rainforest in southern Hainan 欧咪呀给 (Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (loanword from Japanese "omiyage")咿呀学语 (of a baby) to babble 呀呀学语 see 咿呀学语[yī yā xué yǔ]