(yō) - oh, hey (interjection of mild surprise) in Mandarin
yōTraditional: 喲
Translation
oh, hey (interjection of mild surprise)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the 口 (mouth) radical marking it as a vocal sound and 约 as phonetic, written to capture a spoken exclamation of mild surprise.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 口 (kǒu, mouth) + 约 (yuē, phonetic)
Stroke order
哟
Examples
，？
Oh, how come you have come too?
，！
Hey, what a coincidence!
，雨。
Oh, it has started raining.
，。
Oh, you look really lovely today.
，。
Oh, so it was you all along.
哟 (yō) is an interjection expressing mild surprise or a friendly hailing, much like English "oh" or "hey". The mouth radical marks it as a purely spoken sound.
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