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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wā | wa1
English translation
Wow!
sound of child's crying
sound of vomiting
replaces ā [a] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
to vomit; an infant's cry

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Modal particle / 语气词 yǔ qì cí Yǔqì cí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口圭

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

guī

Explanation

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

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zài 为数不多 de 听众 tīng zhòng de 好哇 hǎo wā ! 好哇 hǎo wā ! ” 赞许 zàn xǔ shēng Zhōng jiǎng chū le 问题 wèntí de 要害 yào hài .

He had made his point, amid the " hear ! hear! " of his small audience.

要是 yàoshi Néng gēn 一块 yī kuài ,那该 duō hǎo !

How nice it would be if I could go with you!

, de 身材 shēncái zhēn Měi !

Wow! She is really well - built!

! 这儿 zhè r de 景色 jǐngsè 简直 jiǎnzhí 迷住 mí zhu le .

Wow! This scenery really knocks me out.

这么 zhè me zuò yǒu 什么 shénme 不好 bù hǎo ?

Is it improper for such doing?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Wow!
哇哇 wā wā sound of crying哇哇 wā wā
爪哇 Zhǎo wā Java (island of Indonesia)爪哇 Zhǎo wā
哇塞 wā sāi (slang) wow!哇塞 wā sāi
爪哇岛 Zhǎo wā Dǎo Java (island of Indonesia)爪哇島

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Decomposition

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