Kilo Lingo

(ò) - oh (realisation or acknowledgment) in Mandarin

ò

Traditional: 哦

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HSK 2
#80 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

oh (realisation or acknowledgment)

Word origin

哦 (ò) is an interjection of realisation or acknowledgement ('oh'), a phono-semantic compound of the 口 (mouth) radical, marking a vocal sound, plus 我 (wǒ) as the phonetic.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
口 (mouth, meaning) + 我 (wǒ, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 哦

Examples

Oh, so that is how it is!

Oh? Are you sure?

Oh, I understand now.

Oh, so that's how it is.

Oh, I forgot.

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This word is part of lesson 2.