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哦

é

HSK 6 Character

What 哦 means

1. to chant

Other readings

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

• óoh (interjection indicating doubt or surprise)
• òoh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth)
• osentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy; may al

Example sentences

• 哦。
  Duh.
• 我好胖哦。
  I'm so fat.
• 哦，当然。
  Oh, sure.
• 哦！真的吗？
  Oh! Really?
• 我很期待哦。
  I look forward to it.
• 哦，我掉线了。
  ó, wǒ diàoxiàn le.
  Oh, I was disconnected.

Words starting with 哦

• 哦豁ò huō(dialect) oops!; oh no!; oh snap!
• 哦买嘎ò mǎi gā(loanword) oh my God!

Words containing 哦

• 吟哦yín éto chant; to recite rhythmically; to polish verse

Characters built on 我

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

• 俄ésuddenly; very soon
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 鹅égoose
• 蛾é(bound form) moth
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 锇éosmium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 哦

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

• 啦lā(onomatopoeia) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
• 唤huànto call
• 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 哝nóng(bound form) to mutter; to mumble
• 哌pàiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read é, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 额forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 俄suddenly; very soon
• 鹅goose
• 娥good; beautiful
• 讹error; false; to extort
• 峨lofty; name of a mountain
• 蛾(bound form) moth
• 莪zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 囮decoy
• 蚵(Taiwan) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
• 锇osmium (chemistry)
• 涐old name for the Dadu River 大渡河