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Chinese symbol for “hurrah”

好哇
hǎo wā
hurray!; hurrah!; yippee!

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hurrah is 好哇 (hǎo wā), defined as: hurray!; hurrah!; yippee!.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

好 hǎo
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes
哇 wā
to vomit; an infant's cry
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 好哇.

WordPinyinMeaning
最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
不好bù hǎono good
好好hǎo hǎoin perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly
良好liáng hǎogood; favorable
好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
哇哇wā wāsound of crying
卡哇伊kǎ wā yīcute; adorable

See also: Japanese symbol for “hurrah”.

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.

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