"aiya" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "哎呀 (āiyā)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Chinese 哎呀 (āiyā).",
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      "form": "ai yah",
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    {
      "form": "aiyah",
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      "form": "aiyoh",
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  "pos": "intj",
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          "ref": "2015, Kevin Kwan, chapter 3, in China Rich Girlfriend, Doubleday, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“I don’t need to hear any idle gossip.”\n“Aiyah, it’s not idle gossip! These are important details I’ve learned just from being around them, and from what Mr. Wong found out—”",
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          "ref": "2023 September 8, Devyani Sharma, From Deficit to Dialect: The Evolution of English in India and Singapore, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Aiyah, dun ask me why their name all so funny, can or not? You ask me, I ask who?",
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        "ah; oh; exclamation of surprise, blame, dismay, shock, or fear."
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        "(China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Chinese Filipino, Chinese Australian, informal) ah; oh; exclamation of surprise, blame, dismay, shock, or fear."
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  "etymology_text": "From Chinese 哎呀 (āiyā).",
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      "form": "ai yah",
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    },
    {
      "form": "aiyah",
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      "form": "aiyoh",
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        "ah; oh; exclamation of surprise, blame, dismay, shock, or fear."
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        "(China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Chinese Filipino, Chinese Australian, informal) ah; oh; exclamation of surprise, blame, dismay, shock, or fear."
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