哎呀

Chinese

		an interjection; hey; lookout an interjection; hey; lookout; why etc	(final part.)
trad. (哎呀)		哎	呀
simp. ^#(哎呀)		哎	呀
alternative forms		唉呀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āiyā, āiyá

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄧㄚ, ㄞㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ai¹ jaa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai-ia / ai--ia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āiyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: aiya
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹-ya¹
  - Yale: āi-yā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiia
  - Palladius: айя (ajja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āiyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: aiyá
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹-ya²
  - Yale: āi-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiya
  - Palladius: айя (ajja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ai¹ jaa³
  - Yale: āi ya
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ai¹ jaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ei¹ ya³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯⁵⁵ jaː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-ia
  - Tâi-lô: ai-ia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ai'iaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ ia³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai--ia
  - Tâi-lô: ai--ia

Interjection

哎呀

aiya; alas; ah; oh; ugh; ouch (expressing surprise, annoyance, pain, frustration, sarcasm, etc.)
哎呀，蚊子太多了！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Āiyā, wénzi tài duō le! [Pinyin]
Ugh, there are too many mosquitoes!

哎呀，你這是怎麼了？ [MSC, trad.]
哎呀，你这是怎么了？ [MSC, simp.]
Āiyā, nǐ zhè shì zěnme le? [Pinyin]
Goodness, what's this about?

Derived terms

哎呀媽呀／哎呀妈呀 (āiya māya)

Descendants

→ English: aiya, ai yah, aiyah
→ Thai: ไอ้หยา (âi-yǎa)

See also

(Cantonese) 哎吔
(Korean) 아야 (aya)

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