呀 (aa3 aa4 aa5 aa1 | ya1 ya5) : final particle for softening abruptness

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呀

aa3 aa4 aa5 aa1

ya1 ya5

(jyutping) aa3 -- [1] final particle used to soften an abrupt question/statement, act as reminder and make emphasis; [2] pause particle in enumerating items

(jyutping) aa4 -- interrogative particle used to get confirmation or clarify a doubt, show skepticism or surprise

(jyutping) aa5 -- interrogative particle used in rhetorical question

(jyutping) aa1 -- variant of 吖

(pinyin) ya1 -- [1] [interjection] wow; [2] [onomatopoeia] creak/squeak

(pinyin) ya5 -- variant of final particle 啊

Compare with another final particle 架, the Cantonese 呀 has a neutral tone and sounds less assertive than 架.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

呀

This word has been viewed 32499 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Sep 2010 16:11

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好呀 hou2 aa3 = OK, fine 粵

咩呀 me1 aa3 = what? 粵

點呀 dim2 aa3 = what's up?, what's going on? 粵

得未呀 dak1 mei6 aa3 = Is it ready yet? Is it OK yet? 粵

哎呀 aai1 aa1 ai1 ya1 = "aiya!" variant

唔係呀嗎 m4 hai6 aa6 maa3 = variant of 唔係吖嘛粵

對呀 deoi3 aa3 = right, yes

卅呀 saa1 aa6 = thirty (start of contraction for 31-39) 粵

卅呀一 saa1 aa6 jat1 = thirty-one 粵

廿呀一 jaa6 aa6 jat1 = twenty-one 粵
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我聽日同朋友出街呀。粵
I'm going out with my friends tomorrow.

唔該，畀杯冰水呀。粵
Can I please have a glass of ice water?

你想食牛肉定係豬肉呀？粵
Do you want to eat beef or pork?

你打字打得很快呀！國
You type very fast!

你今日打算去邊度呀？粵
Where do you plan on going today?

你啲頭髮好滑呀！粵
Your hair is so smooth!

你想食麵定係食飯呀？粵
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

你有冇男朋友呀? 粵
Do you have a boyfriend?

今日過成點呀? 粵
How was your day today?

你做乜嘢呀? 粵
Why are you sad/angry?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 呀
Unicode code for this character: U+5440 (off-site link)

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