天哪

tiānna

interjection

Meanings

1 oh heavens!
2 good grief!
3 my goodness!

Characters

(exclamatory particle)

Examples

天哪,你怎么搞的!

Tiān na, nǐ zěnme gǎo de!

Good heavens, what have you done!

天哪,这也太贵了吧。

Tiān na, zhè yě tài guì le ba.

Oh my, this is way too expensive.

Tips

usage

Interchangeable with 天啊 in everyday speech — both express surprise, dismay or mild shock. 哪 here is a neutral-tone sentence-final particle, not the question word 哪 (nǎ, 'which').

Stroke Order

天 tiān

哪 nǎ