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HSK 2freq #47

Meanings

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à
  1. 1.interjection or grunt of agreement
  2. 2.uhm
  3. 3.Ah, OK
  4. 4.expression of recognition
  5. 5.Oh, it's you!
ǎ
  1. 1.interjection of surprise or doubt
  2. 2.Eh?
  3. 3.My!
  4. 4.what's up?
a
  1. 1.modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
á
  1. 1.interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer
  2. 2.Eh?
  3. 3.what?
ā
  1. 1.interjection of surprise
  2. 2.Ah!
  3. 3.Oh!

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Used as an initial interjection particle to express surprise. ah, oh, ha
  2. 2.Used as an initial interjection particle to raise a topic or change the mood. ah, oh, huh
  3. 3.Used as a final particle to indicate, focus on, or exclaim a topic, subject, declaration, and acts as a filler pause especially when enumerating or changing topic.
  4. 4.Used as a final particle to express exhortation.
  5. 5.Used as a final particle to seek for listener's confirmation.
  6. 6.Used to indicate doubt or questioning. what?, huh?, eh
  7. 7.Used to indicate puzzled surprise. what? oh? huh?
  8. 8.Used to indicate agreement/approval. ah
  9. 9.Sentence-final particle expressing surprise.
  10. 10.Sentence-final particle expressing exclamation, excitement or enthusiasm.
  11. 11.Sentence-final particle softening the request.
  12. 12.Used in enumerations, for confirmation (often untranslated).
  13. 13.on and on, continuously
  14. 14.Used between a verb and a complement to indicate that something has happened within a short time and/or is immediately followed by another event.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 阿 (OC *qaːl).

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Stroke order

Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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