哎呀 meaning in English

āiyā

interjection of wonder, shock or admiration

HSK 7-9intj15 strokes

Meaning of 哎呀

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

āiyā
  1. interjection of wonder, shock or admiration

哎呀 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

哎āi呀yā- 我wǒ忘wàng了le我wǒ的de药yào。
Oops - I forgot my medicine.
哎āi呀yā我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào啦la。
Oh, I don't know.
哎āi呀yā,差chà点diǎn上shàng课kè迟chí到dào!
Ach, I was almost late to class!
哎āi呀yā,是shì不bú是shì有yǒu点diǎn累lèi了le呀ya?来lái,让ràng我wǒ带dài你nǐ去qù睡shuì觉jiào。
Aww, are we feeling a little tired? Let's get you into bed.
哎āi呀yā,我wǒ们men好hǎo像xiàng忘wàng了le汤tāng姆mǔ。
Oops, I think we forgot Tom.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

哎 āi · hey! · 8 strokes

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呀 ya · particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 哎呀.

哎哟āiyōhey; ow
天呀tiānyaHeavens!; My goodness!
啊呀āyāinterjection of surprise; Oh my!

Questions about 哎呀

What does 哎呀 mean?

哎呀 (āiyā) means "interjection of wonder, shock or admiration" and is used as a intj.

How do you write 哎呀?

哎呀 is made of 2 characters: 哎 (8 strokes), 呀 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 哎呀 an HSK word?

Yes. 哎呀 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.