哎喲

See also: 哎哟

Chinese

		an interjection; hey; lookout an interjection; hey; lookout; why etc	(interj.) Oh, sound made when expressing surprise; (idiom) used at end of sentence as an exclamation
trad. (哎喲)		哎	喲
simp. (哎哟)		哎	哟
alternative forms		哎唷 哎呦 唉喲／唉哟 唉呦 矮油 slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āiyō, āiyōu, āiyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄧㄛ, ㄞ ㄧㄡ, ㄞ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ jo¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai-io / ai--io / aih-ioh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiyō → āiyo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄧㄛ → ㄞ ˙ㄧㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aiyo̊
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-yo⁵
    • Yale: āi-yo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai.io
    • Palladius: айё (ajjo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɔ⁵⁵/ → /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɔ²/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aiyou
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-yu¹
    • Yale: āi-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiiou
    • Palladius: айю (ajju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aiyao
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-yao¹
    • Yale: āi-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiiau
    • Palladius: айяо (ajjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aai¹ jo¹
    • Yale: āai yō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ jo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai¹ yo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵ jɔː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-io
    • Tâi-lô: ai-io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'ioy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ io³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai--io
    • Tâi-lô: ai--io
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: aih-ioh
    • Tâi-lô: aih-ioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aih'ioiq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ai(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai(ʔ)⁵ ioʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iɤʔ³²/

Interjection

哎喲

1. aiyo; hey; oh; ouch; ow (expressing surprise, pain, annoyance, regret, frustration, admiration, etc.)

   Synonym: 唉唷 (āiyō)

Derived terms

• 哎喲喂
• 哎喲喂呀

 

See also

• 哎呀 (āiyā)