哇奥 (wāào): wow

Meanings

1 wow
2 whoa

Characters

哇

wā

wow; wa (exclamation)

奥

ào

profound (used for sound)

Examples

哇奥，这个地方太漂亮了！

Wāào, zhège dìfāng tài piàoliang le!

Wow, this place is so beautiful!

哇奥，你居然做到了！

Wāào, nǐ jūrán zuòdào le!

Whoa, you actually did it!

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哇奥 is a phonetic rendering of English 'wow' used in casual speech and online. The more traditional Chinese exclamation is simply 哇 (wā) or 哇塞 (wāsāi).

Stroke Order

哇 wā

奥 ào

Related Words

哇 wā HSK 6 #361

wow!; oh!; whoa! / exclamation of surprise or admiration

奥斯卡 àosīkǎ #4,539

Oscar (Academy Award) / Oscar (name)

奥 ào #2,248

profound / mysterious / abbr. for Olympics (奥运)

哇塞 wāsāi #12,998

wow! / oh my!

哇哇 wāwā #12,333

sound of crying / wailing sound

利奥 lìào #11,780

Leo (name)

哇哈 wāhā #22,859

ha! / wow ha (exclamation of delight or laughter)

奥秘 àomì HSK 7 #16,321

secret / mystery / profound secret

维奥莉特 wéi'àolìtè #20,605

Violet (given name transliteration) / a Chinese rendering of the name Violet

深奥 shēnào HSK 7 #16,832

profound / abstruse / difficult to understand