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啊

ā

HSK 3 Character

What 啊 means

1. interjection of surprise
2. Ah!
3. Oh!

Other readings

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

• áinterjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?
• ǎinterjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!
• àinterjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK
• amodal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent

Example sentences

• 啊？
  Huh?
• 开啊！
  Open up.
• 跑啊！
  Run!
• 说啊！
  Speak!
• 火啊！
  Fire!
• 冲啊！
  Charge!

Words starting with 啊

• 啊呀ā yāinterjection of surprise; Oh my!
• 啊哟ā yointerjection of surprise or pain; Oh; Ow

Words containing 啊

• 天啊tiān agood heavens!; oh my God!

Characters that look like 啊

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

• 哪nǎhow; which
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 衔xiánbit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 鸭yāduck; (slang) male prostitute
• 咧liēused in 咧咧; used in 大大咧咧; used in 骂骂咧咧

Sounds the same

Read ā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阿prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 腌used in 腌臜; Taiwan pr. āng
• 吖(used in transliterating chemical names)
• 锕actinium (chemistry)
• 呵variant of 啊