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wa
HSK 6freq #762

Meanings

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wa
  1. 1.replaces 啊[a] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
wā
  1. 1.Wow!
  2. 2.sound of a child's crying
  3. 3.sound of vomiting

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee
  2. 2.sound of crying
  3. 3.sound of vomiting
  4. 4.to vomit
  5. 5.Sentence-final particle: Equivalent of 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qreː, *qʷraː): semantic 口 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː). Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.

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Stroke order

Components

哇口圭

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

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Synonyms

啊 after -ng呀 after -a哪 after -n嘩哗

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Derived terms

哇哇哇哇叫哇老誒哇老诶哇賽哇赛淫哇熱爪哇热爪哇爪哇爪哇人爪哇國爪哇国爪哇島爪哇岛爪哇族

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Related words

哇哇 sound of crying哇噻 variant of 哇塞[wā sāi]哇靠 (Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!")爪哇 Java (island of Indonesia)好哇 hurray!哇塞 (slang) wow!卡哇依 variant of 卡哇伊[kǎ wā yī]哇沙比 wasabi (loanword) (Tw)卡哇伊 cute爪哇国 ancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇[Zhǎo wā]中爪哇 Central Java, province of Indonesia哇沙米 wasabi (loanword) (Tw)