"wow" meaning in Chinese

See wow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /uau⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /uau⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wāo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wāo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wāu [Mandarin, Yale], uau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вао [Mandarin, Palladius], vao [Mandarin, Palladius]
Etymology: From English wow. Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|en|wow}} English wow Head templates: {{head|zh|interjection}} wow
  1. (Internet slang) wow! Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-wow-zh-intj-76EVKA7t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /waːu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /waːu̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: waau¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wāau [Cantonese, Yale], waau¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wao¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English wow, used in the sarcastic Internet slang Wow! Old news is so exciting!. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|wow}} English wow Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} wow
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, of news) to become outdated; to become old news Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, Internet Related terms: ONISE, old news is so 唔識串, old news is so 唔识串
    Sense id: en-wow-zh-verb-3bATkY4d Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 0 31 2 5 2 3 25 3 3 13 3 3 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 36 1 3 2 2 28 2 2 16 2 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for wow meaning in Chinese (3.0kB)

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