天啊

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	an interjection; to express doubt or to question; to show realization an interjection; to express doubt or to question; to show realization; to stress; (interj. for surprise); (interj.) oh; (a modal particle showing affirmation, approval, or consent); (interj.); ah
simp. and trad. (天啊)		天	啊
alternative forms		天哪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiān a

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ aa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiān a
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tian å
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ a⁵
  - Yale: tyān a
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian .a
  - Palladius: тянь а (tjanʹ a)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀä²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ aa³
  - Yale: tīn a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ aa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ a³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ aː³³/

Interjection

天啊

oh my God; my God; my goodness

Synonyms

哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
喔麥尬／喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
天哪 (tiān na)
好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
媽呀／妈呀 (māya)
我父 (Teochew)
我的天 (wǒ de tiān)
我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
我的媽呀／我的妈呀 (wǒdemāya)
我空 (Philippine Hokkien)
我苦 (Hokkien)
我迸 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
皇天 (Wenzhounese)
阿姆哀 (Hakka)

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