Chinese symbol for “uhm”
啊
à
interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uhm is 啊 (à), defined as: interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 啊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啊呀 | ā yā | interjection of surprise; Oh my! |
| 啊哟 (啊喲) | ā yo | interjection of surprise or pain; Oh |
| 天啊 | tiān a | good heavens!; oh my God! |
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.