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ā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ā | a1
English translation
variant of ā [ā]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hē | he1
English translation
expel breath
my goodness
to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated)

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About ā

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

ā

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Modal particle / 语气词 yǔ qì cí Yǔqì cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of ā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口可

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using ā

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ā 婴孩 yīng hái yǎng ,婴孩 yīng hái xiào le .

The baby laughed when I gave her a tickle.

duì ā yǎng 使 shǐ 他痒讨饶 tǎo ráo shuì shì .

She tickled him into saying yes.

感到 gǎn dào hěn kùn , zhǐ 不住 bù zhù de 呵欠 hē qiàn .

I felt so sleepy I couldn't stop yawning.

ā , liú 小姐 xiǎojie , shuì Ā méi ne ? ”

" Er, Miss Liu, what about Mei - ching? "

wèi de 许可 xǔkě jiù 拿走 ná zǒu 我的草机―― zhè shì 多么 duōme 可耻 kě chǐ de 行为 xíngwéi ā !

What cool behaviour - taking my lawn - mower without asking my permission!

Words with ā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
呵呵 hē hē chuckle呵呵 hē hē
ā Ah! ā
呵护 hē hù to bless呵護
一气呵成 yī qì hē chéng to flow smoothly一氣呵成
乐呵呵 lè hē hē happily樂呵呵
呵斥 hē chì to berate呵斥 hē chì
呵欠 hē qiàn yawn呵欠 hē qiàn
打呵欠 dǎ hē qiàn to yawn打呵欠 dǎ hē qiàn
呵责 hē zé to abuse呵責
呵叱 hē chì to berate呵叱 hē chì
叱呵 chì hē to yell叱呵 chì hē
呵喝 hē hè to bellow呵喝 hē hè

ā Decomposition & Compounds

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ā Decomposition

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