"哎呀" meaning in Chinese

See 哎呀 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ai³³ ia³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/, /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/, /ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/, /ai³³ ia³³/ Chinese transliterations: āiyā [Mandarin, Pinyin], āiyá [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄞ ㄧㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄞ ㄧㄚˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ai¹ jaa³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ai-ia, ai--ia, āiyā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], aiya [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ai¹-ya¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], āi-yā [Mandarin, Yale], aiia [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], айя [Mandarin, Palladius], ajja [Mandarin, Palladius], āiyá [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], aiyá [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ai¹-ya² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], āi-yá [Mandarin, Yale], aiya [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], āi ya [Cantonese, Yale], ai¹ jaa³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ei¹ ya³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ai-ia [Hokkien, POJ], ai-ia [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ai'iaf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ai--ia [Hokkien, POJ], ai--ia [Hokkien, Tai-lo] Forms: 唉呀
Head templates: {{head|zh|interjection}} 哎呀
  1. aiya; alas; ah; oh; ugh; ouch (expressing surprise, annoyance, pain, frustration, sarcasm, etc.) Derived forms: 哎呀媽呀 (āiya māya), 哎呀妈呀 (āiya māya) Related terms: 哎吔 [Cantonese] Related terms (Korean): 아야 (english: aya)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "aiya",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mzs",
            "2": "aia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macanese: aia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macanese: aia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ไอ้หยา",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ไอ้หยา (âi-yǎa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ไอ้หยา (âi-yǎa)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "唉呀"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "哎呀",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "āiya māya",
          "word": "哎呀媽呀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "āiya māya",
          "word": "哎呀妈呀"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ugh/Ouch, there are too many mosquitoes!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Āiyā, wénzi tài duō le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "哎呀,蚊子太多了!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Goodness, what's this about?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Āiyā, nǐ zhè shì zěnme le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "哎呀,你這是怎麼了?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Goodness, what's this about?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Āiyā, nǐ zhè shì zěnme le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "哎呀,你这是怎么了?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aiya; alas; ah; oh; ugh; ouch (expressing surprise, annoyance, pain, frustration, sarcasm, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-哎呀-zh-intj-1~pvd6KV",
      "links": [
        [
          "aiya",
          "aiya"
        ],
        [
          "alas",
          "alas"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ugh",
          "ugh"
        ],
        [
          "ouch",
          "ouch"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise"
        ],
        [
          "annoyance",
          "annoyance"
        ],
        [
          "pain",
          "pain"
        ],
        [
          "frustration",
          "frustration"
        ],
        [
          "sarcasm",
          "sarcasm"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "哎吔"
        },
        {
          "english": "aya",
          "sense": "Korean",
          "word": "아야"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞ ㄧㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞ ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹ jaa³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ai-ia"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ai--ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹-ya¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi-yā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "айя"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ajja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹-ya²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi-yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiya"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹ jaa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ei¹ ya³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai-ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai-ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai'iaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai³³ ia³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai--ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai--ia"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai³³ ia³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "哎呀"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "āiya māya",
      "word": "哎呀媽呀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āiya māya",
      "word": "哎呀妈呀"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "aiya",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mzs",
            "2": "aia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macanese: aia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macanese: aia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ไอ้หยา",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ไอ้หยา (âi-yǎa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ไอ้หยา (âi-yǎa)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "唉呀"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "哎呀",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "哎吔"
    },
    {
      "english": "aya",
      "sense": "Korean",
      "word": "아야"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese interjections",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese interjections",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 呀",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 哎",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hokkien interjections",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin interjections",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ugh/Ouch, there are too many mosquitoes!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Āiyā, wénzi tài duō le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "哎呀,蚊子太多了!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Goodness, what's this about?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Āiyā, nǐ zhè shì zěnme le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "哎呀,你這是怎麼了?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Goodness, what's this about?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Āiyā, nǐ zhè shì zěnme le?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "哎呀,你这是怎么了?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aiya; alas; ah; oh; ugh; ouch (expressing surprise, annoyance, pain, frustration, sarcasm, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aiya",
          "aiya"
        ],
        [
          "alas",
          "alas"
        ],
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ugh",
          "ugh"
        ],
        [
          "ouch",
          "ouch"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise"
        ],
        [
          "annoyance",
          "annoyance"
        ],
        [
          "pain",
          "pain"
        ],
        [
          "frustration",
          "frustration"
        ],
        [
          "sarcasm",
          "sarcasm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞ ㄧㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞ ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹ jaa³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ai-ia"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ai--ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹-ya¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi-yā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "айя"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ajja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āiyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiyá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹-ya²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi-yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aiya"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āi ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai¹ jaa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ei¹ ya³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai-ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai-ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai'iaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai³³ ia³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai--ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai--ia"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai³³ ia³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "哎呀"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.