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哎呀 (āi yā): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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哎呀

哎呀 (āi yā): Interjection of wonder (Interjection) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

哎呀 consists of 2 characters.

ah; sentence particle

Word Info

Pinyināi yā

Meaninginterjection of wonder, shock or admiration

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxInterjection

Word哎呀

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 哎呀.

Words with 呀

吱呀zhī yā
嗨呀hāi ya

3.

Example Sentences with 哎呀

āi哎

yā呀

，

wǒ我

wàng忘

jì记

dài带

yào钥

shi匙

le了

。

Oh no, I forgot to bring the keys.

Āi哎

yā呀

，

zhè这

fú幅

huà画

zhēn真

shì是

tài太

měi

āi哎

yā呀

，

wǒ我

wàng忘

jì记

dài带

yào钥

shi匙

le

美

le了

！

Wow, this painting is really beautiful!

了

！

Oh no, I forgot to bring the keys!