我的妈呀

我的媽呀

wǒdemāya

interjection

Meanings

1 oh my God!
2 holy cow!
3 literally: oh my mother!

Characters

(possessive particle)

(exclamatory particle)

Examples

我的妈呀,这人也太多了吧!

Wǒ de mā ya, zhè rén yě tài duō le ba!

Holy cow, there are way too many people!

我的妈呀,你怎么穿这么少?

Wǒ de mā ya, nǐ zěnme chuān zhème shǎo?

Oh my God, how are you wearing so little?

Tips

register

Stronger than plain 妈呀 — used for genuine shock, surprise or dismay. Colloquial and animated; sprinkle it in casual conversation but skip it in business settings. Note the 呀 is there because 妈 ends in -a (the ya/a particle euphony rule).

Stroke Order

我 wǒ

的 de

妈 mā

呀 ya