"啊" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ˀä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /aː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /a⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /a³³/ [Hokkien, Philippines, Quanzhou], /aʔ³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /a¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ˀä⁵⁵/, /aː⁵⁵/, /a⁴⁴/, /a³³/, /aʔ³²/, /a¹¹/, /a/ Chinese transliterations: ā [Mandarin, Pinyin], a¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], aa¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], a [Hokkien, POJ], ah [Hokkien, POJ], --a [Hokkien, POJ], --ah [Hokkien, POJ], a⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁰a, ā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], a [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], a¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ā [Mandarin, Yale], a [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], а [Mandarin, Palladius], a [Mandarin, Palladius], ā [Cantonese, Yale], aa¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], a¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], a [Hokkien, Tai-lo], af [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ah [Hokkien, Tai-lo], aq [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], --a [Hokkien, Tai-lo], --ah [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ā [POJ, Teochew], ⁰a [Wu], 0a [Wu], /a/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 啊
  1. Used by itself to express surprise. ah, oh, ha
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-8bcLfpKN
  2. Used to express affirmation or exhortation.
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-l62iiWYB

Character

IPA: /ˀä³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /aː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ˀä³⁵/, /aː³⁵/, /a/ Chinese transliterations: á [Mandarin, Pinyin], a² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄚˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], aa² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁰a, á [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], á [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], a² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], á [Mandarin, Yale], ar [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], а [Mandarin, Palladius], a [Mandarin, Palladius], á [Cantonese, Yale], aa² [Cantonese, Pinyin], a² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁰a [Wu], 0a [Wu], /a/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 啊
  1. Used to indicate doubt or questioning. what?, huh?, eh
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-2yYeko6O

Character

IPA: /ˀä²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ˀä²¹⁴/ Chinese transliterations: ǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin], a³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], a³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ǎ [Mandarin, Yale], aa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], а [Mandarin, Palladius], a [Mandarin, Palladius]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 啊
  1. Used to indicate puzzled surprise. what? oh? huh?
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-NvpJzdhH Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9

Character

IPA: /ˀä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /aː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ˀä⁵¹/, /aː²²/, /a/, /ɦa/ Chinese transliterations: à [Mandarin, Pinyin], a⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄚˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], aa⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁰a; ⁰gha, à [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], à [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], a⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], à [Mandarin, Yale], ah [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], а [Mandarin, Palladius], a [Mandarin, Palladius], ah [Cantonese, Yale], aa⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], a⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁰a; ⁰gha [Wu], 0a; 0gha [Wu], ⁰a; ⁰hha [Wu], /a/ [Wu], /ɦa/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 啊
  1. Used to indicate agreement/approval. ah
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-X1zfvNH4

Character

IPA: /ˀä/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /aː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ˀä/, /aː³³/, /a/, /ɦa/ Chinese transliterations: a [Mandarin, Pinyin], a⁵/a⁰ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ˙ㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], aa³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁰a; ⁰gha, a [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], å [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], a⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], a [Mandarin, Yale], .a [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], а [Mandarin, Palladius], a [Mandarin, Palladius], a [Cantonese, Yale], aa³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], a³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁰a; ⁰gha [Wu], 0a; 0gha [Wu], ⁰a; ⁰hha [Wu], /a/ [Wu], /ɦa/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 啊
  1. Sentence-final particle expressing surprise.
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-xu82f5tX Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9
  2. Sentence-final particle expressing exclamation, excitement or enthusiasm.
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-aLLc8EUZ Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9
  3. Sentence-final particle softening the request.
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-hFoSXkWF Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9
  4. Used in enumerations, for confirmation (often untranslated).
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-ETm~qBkE
  5. on and on, continuously
    Sense id: en-啊-zh-character-ejrTxyUu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese particles Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 18 52 Disambiguation of Chinese particles: 1 1 1 1 1 18 16 17 11 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: [Cantonese] Derived forms: 啊呀 (āyā), 啊哈 (āhā), 啊唷 (āyō), 啊喲 (āyō), 啊哟 (āyō), 嗯啊, 揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/揀啊揀,揀著一个賣龍眼/拣啊拣,拣着一个卖龙眼 (kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng) [Hokkien, Min-Nan]

Alternative forms

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ha! I've won again!",
          "ref": "啊!我又贏了! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "啊!我又赢了! [MSC, simp.]\nĀ! Wǒ yòu yíng le! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used by itself to express surprise. ah, oh, ha"
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-8bcLfpKN",
      "links": [
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ha",
          "ha"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Good boy, be good, be obedient okay?! Don't cry okay?!",
          "ref": "好孩子,乖,聽話,啊!別哭了,啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "好孩子,乖,听话,啊!别哭了,啊! [MSC, simp.]\nHǎo háizi, guāi, tīnghuà, ā! Bié kū le, ā! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I've eaten already, OK. / I'm full now, alright.",
          "ref": "我食飽咯啊 [Philippine Hokkien, trad.]",
          "text": "我食饱咯啊 [Philippine Hokkien, simp.]\nGóa chia̍h-pá--lo͘ a [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're so good, you're your mother's most obedient child, huh?!",
          "ref": "你多乖呀,你是媽媽最乖的孩子了,啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你多乖呀,你是妈妈最乖的孩子了,啊! [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 13\nNǐ duó guāi ya, nǐ shì māma zuì guāi de háizi le, ā! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hey, when you take the time to give our Jiajia review homework, let her improve her studies, eh?!",
          "ref": "哎,你什麼時候抽空兒給我們佳佳複習複習功課,讓她提高提高學習水平啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "哎,你什么时候抽空儿给我们佳佳复习复习功课,让她提高提高学习水平啊! [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 15\nĀi, nǐ shénme shíhou chōu kòngr gěi wǒmen Jiājia fùxí fùxí gōngkè, ràng tā tígāo tígāo xuéxí shuǐpíng ā! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express affirmation or exhortation."
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-l62iiWYB",
      "links": [
        [
          "affirmation",
          "affirmation#English"
        ],
        [
          "exhortation",
          "exhortation#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "af"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aq"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʔ³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ ah /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʔ³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "啊"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Huh? What did you say?",
          "ref": "啊?你說什麼? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "啊?你说什么? [MSC, simp.]\nÁ? Nǐ shuō shénme? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate doubt or questioning. what?, huh?, eh"
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-2yYeko6O",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ],
        [
          "eh",
          "eh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "啊"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What? Is that really so?",
          "ref": "啊!真有這事兒? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "啊!真有这事儿? [MSC, simp.]\nǍ! Zhēn yǒu zhè shìr? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate puzzled surprise. what? oh? huh?"
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-NvpJzdhH",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä²¹⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "啊"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well, OK.",
          "roman": "À, hǎo ba.",
          "text": "啊,好吧。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate agreement/approval. ah"
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-X1zfvNH4",
      "links": [
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a; 0gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰hha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "啊"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āyā",
      "word": "啊呀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āhā",
      "word": "啊哈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āyō",
      "word": "啊唷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āyō",
      "word": "啊喲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āyō",
      "word": "啊哟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "嗯啊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/揀啊揀,揀著一个賣龍眼/拣啊拣,拣着一个卖龙眼"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ah",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Singapore, Malaysia"
          },
          "expansion": "(Singapore, Malaysia)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ah (Singapore, Malaysia)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So you're not coming?",
          "roman": "Nǐ bù lái a?",
          "text": "你不來啊?/你不来啊?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sentence-final particle expressing surprise."
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-xu82f5tX"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What a fine day!",
          "roman": "Duō hǎo de tiānr a!",
          "text": "多好的天兒啊!/多好的天儿啊!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Thanks.",
          "roman": "xièxiè a",
          "text": "謝謝啊/谢谢啊",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sentence-final particle expressing exclamation, excitement or enthusiasm."
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-aLLc8EUZ"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 9 12 9 13 12 11 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wang, this won't do!",
          "ref": "老王啊,這可不行啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "老王啊,这可不行啊! [MSC, simp.]\nLǎo Wáng a, zhè kě bùxíng a! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sentence-final particle softening the request."
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-hFoSXkWF"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Money, books, watch, I lost everything.",
          "ref": "錢啊,書啊,表啊,我都丟了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "钱啊,书啊,表啊,我都丢了。 [MSC, simp.]\nQián a, shū a, biǎo a, wǒ dōu diū le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in enumerations, for confirmation (often untranslated)."
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-ETm~qBkE"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 18 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 1 1 18 16 17 11 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on and on, continuously"
      ],
      "id": "en-啊-zh-character-ejrTxyUu",
      "links": [
        [
          "on and on",
          "on and on"
        ],
        [
          "continuously",
          "continuously"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁵/a⁰"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "˙ㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "å"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": ".a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a; 0gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰hha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "呀"
    }
  ],
  "word": "啊"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese interjections",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese particles",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ha! I've won again!",
          "ref": "啊!我又贏了! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "啊!我又赢了! [MSC, simp.]\nĀ! Wǒ yòu yíng le! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used by itself to express surprise. ah, oh, ha"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ah",
          "ah"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "ha",
          "ha"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hokkien terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Good boy, be good, be obedient okay?! Don't cry okay?!",
          "ref": "好孩子,乖,聽話,啊!別哭了,啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "好孩子,乖,听话,啊!别哭了,啊! [MSC, simp.]\nHǎo háizi, guāi, tīnghuà, ā! Bié kū le, ā! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I've eaten already, OK. / I'm full now, alright.",
          "ref": "我食飽咯啊 [Philippine Hokkien, trad.]",
          "text": "我食饱咯啊 [Philippine Hokkien, simp.]\nGóa chia̍h-pá--lo͘ a [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're so good, you're your mother's most obedient child, huh?!",
          "ref": "你多乖呀,你是媽媽最乖的孩子了,啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你多乖呀,你是妈妈最乖的孩子了,啊! [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 13\nNǐ duó guāi ya, nǐ shì māma zuì guāi de háizi le, ā! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Hey, when you take the time to give our Jiajia review homework, let her improve her studies, eh?!",
          "ref": "哎,你什麼時候抽空兒給我們佳佳複習複習功課,讓她提高提高學習水平啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "哎,你什么时候抽空儿给我们佳佳复习复习功课,让她提高提高学习水平啊! [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 15\nĀi, nǐ shénme shíhou chōu kòngr gěi wǒmen Jiājia fùxí fùxí gōngkè, ràng tā tígāo tígāo xuéxí shuǐpíng ā! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express affirmation or exhortation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affirmation",
          "affirmation#English"
        ],
        [
          "exhortation",
          "exhortation#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "af"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aq"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʔ³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "--ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ā"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ ah /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʔ³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "啊"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese interjections",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese particles",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Huh? What did you say?",
          "ref": "啊?你說什麼? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "啊?你说什么? [MSC, simp.]\nÁ? Nǐ shuō shénme? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate doubt or questioning. what?, huh?, eh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ],
        [
          "eh",
          "eh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese interjections",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese particles",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What? Is that really so?",
          "ref": "啊!真有這事兒? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "啊!真有这事儿? [MSC, simp.]\nǍ! Zhēn yǒu zhè shìr? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate puzzled surprise. what? oh? huh?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä²¹⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "啊"
}

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    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese interjections",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese particles",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
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        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well, OK.",
          "roman": "À, hǎo ba.",
          "text": "啊,好吧。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "ah"
        ]
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "à"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a; 0gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰hha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦa/"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Chinese Han characters",
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    "Chinese particles",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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      "roman": "āyā",
      "word": "啊呀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āhā",
      "word": "啊哈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āyō",
      "word": "啊唷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āyō",
      "word": "啊喲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āyō",
      "word": "啊哟"
    },
    {
      "word": "嗯啊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/揀啊揀,揀著一个賣龍眼/拣啊拣,拣着一个卖龙眼"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ah",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Singapore, Malaysia"
          },
          "expansion": "(Singapore, Malaysia)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ah (Singapore, Malaysia)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "啊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So you're not coming?",
          "roman": "Nǐ bù lái a?",
          "text": "你不來啊?/你不来啊?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sentence-final particle expressing surprise."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What a fine day!",
          "roman": "Duō hǎo de tiānr a!",
          "text": "多好的天兒啊!/多好的天儿啊!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Thanks.",
          "roman": "xièxiè a",
          "text": "謝謝啊/谢谢啊",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sentence-final particle expressing exclamation, excitement or enthusiasm."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wang, this won't do!",
          "ref": "老王啊,這可不行啊! [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "老王啊,这可不行啊! [MSC, simp.]\nLǎo Wáng a, zhè kě bùxíng a! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sentence-final particle softening the request."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Money, books, watch, I lost everything.",
          "ref": "錢啊,書啊,表啊,我都丟了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "钱啊,书啊,表啊,我都丢了。 [MSC, simp.]\nQián a, shū a, biǎo a, wǒ dōu diū le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in enumerations, for confirmation (often untranslated)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "on and on, continuously"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on and on",
          "on and on"
        ],
        [
          "continuously",
          "continuously"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁵/a⁰"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "˙ㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "å"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": ".a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀä/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³"
    },
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      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "0a; 0gha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁰a; ⁰hha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˀä/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɦa/"
    }
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      ],
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    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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.