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哇

wā

HSK 6 Character

What 哇 means

1. Wow!
2. sound of a child's crying
3. sound of vomiting

Other readings

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

• wareplaces {啊|a} when following the vowel "u" or "ao"

Example sentences

• 哇！
  Wow!
• 好哇！
  Hǎowā!
  Hooray!
• 哇塞!
  Wāsāi!
  Wow!
• 哇，好冷！
  Wow, so cold!
• 哇啊啊啊⋯
  Waaaa...
• 哇！打破了！
  Wā! Dǎpò le!
  Ahh! It broke!

Words starting with 哇

• 哇哇wā wāsound of crying
• 哇塞wā sāi(slang) wow!; also pr. wā sēi
• 哇靠wā kào(Taiwan) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!")
• 哇沙比wā shā bǐwasabi (loanword) (Tw)
• 哇沙米wā shā mǐwasabi (loanword) (Tw)
• 哇噻wā sāivariant of 哇塞

Words containing 哇

• 爪哇Zhǎo wāJava (island of Indonesia)
• 好哇hǎo wāhurray!; hurrah!; yippee!
• 卡哇伊kǎ wā yīcute; adorable; charming (loanword from Japanese)
• 松巴哇Sōng bā wāSumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
• 松巴哇岛Sōng bā wā DǎoSumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
• 中爪哇Zhōng Zhǎo wāCentral Java, province of Indonesia
• 爪哇国Zhǎo wā guóancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇; (fig.) somewhere remote, inaccessible or…
• 爪哇岛Zhǎo wā DǎoJava (island of Indonesia)
• 西爪哇Xī Zhǎo wāWest Java, province of Indonesia
• 爪哇禾雀Zhǎo wā hé què(bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
• 爪哇池鹭Zhǎo wā chí lù(bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)
• 爪哇八哥Zhǎo wā bā ge(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
• 卡哇依kǎ wā yīvariant of 卡哇伊

Characters built on 圭

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

• 娃wábaby; doll
• 蛙wāfrog
• 洼wādepression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 厓yáold form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

Characters that look like 哇

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

• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 咬yǎoto bite; to nip
• 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 咏yǒngto sing
• 唑zuòazole (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read wā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 挖to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
• 蛙frog
• 洼depression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 搲to clutch; to grab; to capture
• 穵to dig; to scoop out
• 窊lowland swamp
• 娲surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲
• 凹variant of 洼; (used in names)
• 漥variant of 洼