哇老誒

See also: 哇老诶

Chinese

		sound of child's crying	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (哇老誒)		哇	老	誒
simp. (哇老诶)		哇	老	诶
alternative forms		我老誒／我老诶

Etymology

From Hokkien 我老的 (góa lāu--ê, “my elderly”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wà láo ei

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wà láo ei
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wà láo e̊i
    • Wade–Giles: wa⁴ lao² ei⁵
    • Yale: wà láu ei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wah lau .ei
    • Palladius: ва лао эй (va lao ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵ ˀeɪ̯³/

Interjection

哇老誒

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) wow; dear me; good heavens; OMG

Synonyms

• 喔麥尬／喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
• 天哪 (tiān na)
• 天啊 (tiān a)
• 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
• 媽呀／妈呀 (māya)
• 我父 (Teochew)
• 我的天 (wǒ de tiān)
• 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
• 我的媽呀／我的妈呀 (wǒdemāya)
• 我空 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 我苦 (Hokkien)
• 我迸 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 阿姆哀 (Hakka)

 

Descendants

• → English: walau eh
• → Malay: walao