呀

呀 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口一女竹 (RMVH), four-corner 6104₀, composition ⿰口牙)

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• Kangxi Dictionary: page 180, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3383
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5440

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呀

1. to be surprised

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. Interjection for expressing surprise/

   呀！下雨了！  ―  Yā! Xiàyǔ le!  ―  Ah! It's raining!

3. (onomatopoeia) creak

   門呀的一聲開了。／门呀的一声开了。  ―  Mén yā de yī shēng kāi le.  ―  The door opened with a creak.

4. a classifier

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呀

1. Synonym of 啊 (“Sentence-final exclamation particle”). Normally used after words ending in -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü.

   他是誰呀？／他是谁呀？  ―  Tā shì shéi ya?  ―  Who is he?

   See also: 吖

• 啊 (a) (after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi)
• 哇 (wā) (after -u, -ao)
• 哪 (na) (after -n)

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呀 (Cantonese)

1. Sentence-final particle for softening statements or questions.

   你頭先去咗邊度呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你头先去咗边度呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ tau⁴ sin¹ heoi³ zo² bin¹ dou⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Where did you just go?

2. Particle used after list items in a list of examples.

   錢呀、手機呀、電腦呀、都唔見嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   钱呀、手机呀、电脑呀、都唔见嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   cin^4-2 aa³, sau² gei¹ aa³, din⁶ nou⁵ aa³, dou¹ m⁴ gin³ saai³. [Jyutping]

   Money, phone and computer are all missing.

• (Mandarin) 啊 (a)

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呀 (Cantonese)

1. Sentence-final particle expressing surprise and suspicion.

   原來係佢呀。／原来系佢呀。 [Cantonese]  ―  jyun⁴ loi⁴ hai⁶ keoi⁵ aa⁴. [Jyutping]  ―  So it was him?

The tone of the Cantonese sentence-final particles 呀 (aa3), 喇 (laa3), 㗎 (gaa3) and 咋 (zaa3) can be dropped to tone 4 to add disapproval, surprise and suspicion to the particle while also turning the statement into a question.

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呀

1. (of mouth) opened
2. empty

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呀 (Cantonese)

1. (colloquial) -ty

   卅呀 [Cantonese]  ―  saa¹ aa⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  thirty

   四呀 [Cantonese]  ―  sei³ aa⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  forty

   九呀三 [Cantonese]  ―  gau² aa⁶ saam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  ninety-three

Equivalent to 十 (sap6). It is used with single digit integers except two 二 (ji6) where the shortened form 廿 (jaa6) is used instead. It can be used with the shortened form of thirty 卅 (saa1) to mean the same.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: が (ga)
• Kan’yō-on: や (ya)
• Kun: あ (a); あつ (atsu)

呀 (eum 하 (ha))

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呀: Hán Nôm readings: nhá, nha

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