呀 - Mandarin word #128

呀

Traditional: 呀

HSK 3

#128 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

ah, oh (softening particle)

Stroke order

呀

！

Great!

！

Come on!

？

Where are you going?

！

Oh, you have come!

？

What on earth shall we do?

呀 (ya) means ah, oh (softening particle). It is used as a particle in everyday Mandarin speech.

啊

ah, oh (exclamatory particle)

吧

suggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)

啦

(sentence-final particle for exclamation)

吗

question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)

呢

and what about...? (question particle)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.