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呀

ya

HSK 4 Character

What 呀 means

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

Other readings

呀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yāah (used to express surprise); creaking

Example sentences

• 说呀！
  Speak!
• 对呀。
  Correct.
• 哎呀！
  Whoops!
• 救命呀！
  Help me!
• 很大呀！
  It's so big!
• 怎么呀？
  How?

Words starting with 呀

• 呀诺达Yā nuò dáYanoda, a rainforest in southern Hainan
• 呀呀学语yā yā xué yǔsee 咿呀学语

Words containing 呀

• 哎呀āi yāinterjection of wonder, shock or admiration
• 啊呀ā yāinterjection of surprise; Oh my!
• 吱呀zhī yā(onomatopoeia) creaking
• 天呀tiān yaHeavens!; My goodness!
• 欧咪呀给ōu mī yā gěi(Taiwan) gift given when visiting sb…
• 咿呀学语yī yā xué yǔ(of a baby) to babble
• 吽呀óu yávariant of 吽牙

Characters built on 牙

These share the phonetic component 牙 (yá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 雅yǎelegant
• 讶yàastounded
• 鸦yācrow
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 玡yávariant of 琊
• 砑yàto calender
• 蚜yáaphis
• 伢yá(dialect) child

Characters that look like 呀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 玡yávariant of 琊
• 呣ḿinterjection expressing a question
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously