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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
ā - interjection of surprise
- Ah!
- Oh!
á - interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer
- Eh?
- what?
ǎ - interjection of surprise or doubt
- Eh?
- My!
- what's up?
à - interjection or grunt of agreement
- uhm
- Ah, OK
- expression of recognition
- Oh, it's you!
a - modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 38 57 13

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 38 57 13
啊呀 - - 15,398 26,638 11,911
啊哟 - - 33,354 45,470 20,840