"哇" Chinese-English Dictionary

哇 wā

HSK: HSK 6

Unicode: U+54C7

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
哇	wā	Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting	syn
哇	wa	replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
哇塞	wā sāi	(slang) wow! / also pr. [wa1 sei1]
哇靠	wā kào	(Tw) whoa! / holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!")
哇噻	wā sāi	variant of 哇塞[wa1sai1]
哇哇	wā wā	sound of crying	syn
哇沙比	wā shā bǐ	wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
哇沙米	wā shā mǐ	wasabi (loanword) (Tw)

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
好哇	hǎo wā	hurray! / hurrah! / yippee!
爪哇	zhǎo wā	Java (island of Indonesia)
卡哇伊	kǎ wā yī	cute / adorable / charming (loanword from Japanese)
卡哇依	kǎ wā yī	variant of 卡哇伊[ka3 wa1 yi1]
松巴哇	sōng bā wā	Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
西爪哇	xī zhǎo wā	West Java, province of Indonesia
爪哇岛爪哇島	zhǎo wā dǎo	Java (island of Indonesia)
爪哇国爪哇國	zhǎo wā guó	ancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇[Zhao3wa1] / (fig.) somewhere remote, inaccessible or obscure
中爪哇	zhōng zhǎo wā	Central Java, province of Indonesia
松巴哇岛松巴哇島	sōng bā wā dǎo	Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
爪哇八哥	zhǎo wā bā ge	(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
爪哇八哥	zhǎo wā bā gē	(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
爪哇池鹭爪哇池鷺	zhǎo wā chí lù	(bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)
爪哇禾雀	zhǎo wā hé què	(bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)