媽呀
Chinese
| mother; mama | (final part.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (媽呀) | 媽 | 呀 | |
| simp. (妈呀) | 妈 | 呀 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: māya
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ˙ㄧㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mayå
- Wade–Giles: ma1-ya5
- Yale: mā-ya
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha.ia
- Palladius: мая (maja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä⁵⁵ jä²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Interjection
媽呀
Synonyms
- 哇老誒 / 哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
- 哇靠 (wàkào)
- 喔麥尬 / 喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
- 天哪 (tiān na)
- 天啊 (tiān a)
- 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
- 我父 (ua2 bê6) (Teochew)
- 我的天 (wǒ de tiān)
- 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
- 我的媽呀 / 我的妈呀 (wǒdemāya)
- 我空 (Philippine Hokkien)
- 我苦 (Hokkien)
- 我迸 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 皇天 (Wenzhounese)
- 阿姆哀 (Hakka)