Chinese symbol for “wow”
哇
wā
Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wow is 哇 (wā), defined as: Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哇塞 | wā sāi | (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1sei1] |
| 哗 (嘩) | huā | (onom.) bang; clang |
| 咳 | hāi | sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh |
| 嗬 | hē | (interjection expressing surprise) oh!; wow! |
| 夥颐 (夥頤) | huǒ yí | (literary) very many; wow! (an exclamation of surprise and admiration) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哇哇 | wā wā | sound of crying |
| 好哇 | hǎo wā | hurray!; hurrah! |
| 卡哇伊 | kǎ wā yī | cute; adorable |
| 哇塞 | wā sāi | (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1sei1] |
| 哇噻 | wā sāi | variant of 哇塞 (wā sāi) |
| 卡哇依 | kǎ wā yī | variant of 卡哇伊 (kǎ wā yī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wow”.
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.