Chinese symbol for “ah”
呀
yā
ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ah is 呀 (yā), defined as: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ah”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise; Ah! |
| 噢 | ō | oh; ah (used to indicate realization); also pr. [ou4] |
| 哎呦 | āi yōu | (interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc); Oh my! |
| 於 | wū | (literary) Oh!; Ah! |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 呀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哎呀 | āi yā | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |
| 啊呀 | ā yā | interjection of surprise; Oh my! |
| 天呀 | tiān ya | Heavens!; My goodness! |
| 吱呀 | zhī yā | (onom.) creaking |
| 咿呀学语 (咿呀學語) | yī yā xué yǔ | (of a baby) to babble |
| 呀呀学语 (呀呀學語) | yā yā xué yǔ | see 咿呀学语 (yī yā xué yǔ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ah”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.