哎 呀

āiyā

interjectionHSK 7-9

Meaning

interjection of wonder, shock or admiration

Example

哎呀，差点上课迟到！

Ach, I was almost late to class!

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

āiHSK 7-98 strokeshey!yaHSK 47 strokesah (used to express surprise)

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