(wō) - oh, wow (exclamation of surprise) in Mandarin
wōTraditional: 喔
Translation
oh, wow (exclamation of surprise)
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Word origin
The character 喔 (wō) is an exclamation, and like most such interjections it is a phono-semantic compound: the 口 'mouth' radical marks it as a vocal sound, while 屋 (wū) 'house, room' supplies the approximate pronunciation.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 口 (mouth radical) + 屋 (wū, phonetic)
Stroke order
喔
Examples
，！
Oh, so it was you!
，。
Oh, I see.
，？
Oh, really?
,!
Oh, so that is how it is!
,。
Oh, I get it.
喔 (wō) - oh, wow (exclamation of surprise).
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