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啊

a
particle HSK 4 #38

Meanings

  1. 1 ah (exclamation)
  2. 2 sentence-final particle expressing surprise, emphasis, or softening

Characters

啊
a
ah; oh (exclamation/particle)
Contains 口 (mouth) radical — indicating a spoken sound

Examples

你好啊！
Nǐ hǎo a!
Hey, hello!
真的啊？
Zhēn de a?
Really?
快走啊！
Kuài zǒu a!
Hurry up and go!

Tips

grammar
啊 changes pronunciation based on the preceding sound: after -n it sounds like 'na', after -ng it sounds like 'nga', after vowels it can sound like 'ya' or 'wa'. In writing it's always 啊.

Stroke Order

啊 a