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哟

yō

Character Traditional 喲

What 哟 means

1. Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise)
2. also pr. yāo

Other readings

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

• yo(sentence-final particle expressing exhortation); (syllable filler in a song)

Example sentences

• 会受伤哟。
  You will hurt yourself.
• 对谁都别说哟。
  Duì shéi dōu bié shuō yo.
  Don't tell anyone.
• 不想变为成人哟。
  Bù xiǎng biànwéi chéngrén yō.
  I don't want to grow up.
• 你毛衣穿反了哟。
  You're wearing your sweater inside out.
• 别跟任何人说哟。
  Don't tell anyone.
• 信号灯变绿了哟。
  The light has turned green.

Words containing 哟

• 哎哟āi yōhey; ow; ouch
• 啊哟ā yointerjection of surprise or pain; Oh; Ow

Characters that look like 哟

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

• 哦éto chant
• 咽yànto swallow
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 呦yōuOh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 钧jūn30 catties; great; your (honorific)
• 咂zāto sip; to smack one's lips; to taste

Sounds the same

Read yō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 唷(interjection expressing surprise) Oh!; My!