天哪 in Chinese

IPA: /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/ Chinese transliterations: tiān na [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tin¹ naa³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tiān na [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tian nå [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻien¹ na⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tyān na [Mandarin, Yale], tian .na [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], тянь на [Mandarin, Palladius], tjanʹ na [Mandarin, Palladius], tīn na [Cantonese, Yale], tin¹ naa³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tin¹ na³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: 天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”) + 哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|天|sky, heaven, god}} 天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”), {{zh-l|啊|tr=a}} 啊 (a), {{zh-l|哪|gloss=form of 啊 (<i>a</i>) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable|tr=na}} 哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”) Head templates: {{head|zh|interjection}} 天哪

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "天",
        "2": "sky, heaven, god"
      },
      "expansion": "天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "啊",
        "tr": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "啊 (a)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "哪",
        "gloss": "form of 啊 (<i>a</i>) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable",
        "tr": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”) + 哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "天哪",
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "天哪，兀的不是我媳婦兒！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "天哪，兀的不是我媳妇儿！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E\nTiān na, wùde bùshì wǒ xífùr! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh my God!; good Lord!; oh dear!; goodness gracious!"
      ],
      "id": "en-天哪-zh-intj-LtH7pW5k",
      "links": [
        [
          "oh my God",
          "oh my God"
        ],
        [
          "good Lord",
          "good Lord"
        ],
        [
          "oh dear",
          "oh dear"
        ],
        [
          "goodness gracious",
          "goodness gracious"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "wà láo ei",
          "tags": [
            "Malaysia",
            "Singapore",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "哇老誒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wà láo ei",
          "tags": [
            "Malaysia",
            "Singapore",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "哇老诶"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ōmàigà",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwan",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "喔麥尬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ōmàigà",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwan",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "喔麦尬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiān a",
          "word": "天啊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǎojiāhuo",
          "word": "好家伙"
        },
        {
          "roman": "māya",
          "word": "媽呀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "māya",
          "word": "妈呀"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "我父"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǒ de tiān",
          "word": "我的天"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǒ de tiān a",
          "word": "我的天啊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǒdemāya",
          "word": "我的媽呀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǒdemāya",
          "word": "我的妈呀"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Philippine"
          ],
          "word": "我空"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "我苦"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Quanzhou",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "我迸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "阿姆哀"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiān na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ naa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiān na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tian nå"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹ na⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tian .na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тянь на"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹ na"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tīn na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ naa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ na³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天哪"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "天",
        "2": "sky, heaven, god"
      },
      "expansion": "天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "啊",
        "tr": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "啊 (a)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "哪",
        "gloss": "form of 啊 (<i>a</i>) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable",
        "tr": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”) + 哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "天哪",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese interjections",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese interjections",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin interjections",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Mandarin usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "天哪，兀的不是我媳婦兒！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "天哪，兀的不是我媳妇儿！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E\nTiān na, wùde bùshì wǒ xífùr! [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh my God!; good Lord!; oh dear!; goodness gracious!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oh my God",
          "oh my God"
        ],
        [
          "good Lord",
          "good Lord"
        ],
        [
          "oh dear",
          "oh dear"
        ],
        [
          "goodness gracious",
          "goodness gracious"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiān na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ naa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiān na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tian nå"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹ na⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tian .na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тянь на"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹ na"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tīn na"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ naa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ na³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "wà láo ei",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "哇老誒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wà láo ei",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "哇老诶"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōmàigà",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "喔麥尬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōmàigà",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "喔麦尬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiān a",
      "word": "天啊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎojiāhuo",
      "word": "好家伙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "māya",
      "word": "媽呀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "māya",
      "word": "妈呀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "我父"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǒ de tiān",
      "word": "我的天"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǒ de tiān a",
      "word": "我的天啊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǒdemāya",
      "word": "我的媽呀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǒdemāya",
      "word": "我的妈呀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippine"
      ],
      "word": "我空"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "我苦"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "我迸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "阿姆哀"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天哪"
}

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"天哪" meaning in Chinese

Interjection