媽呀

Chinese

		mother; mama	(final part.)
trad. (媽呀)		媽	呀
simp. (我的妈呀)		我	的

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māya

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ˙ㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māya
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ˙ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mayå
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-ya⁵
    • Yale: mā-ya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha.ia
    • Palladius: мая (maja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ jä²/

Interjection

媽呀

1. good heavens; oh my God

Synonyms

• 哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
• 喔麥尬／喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
• 天哪 (tiān na)
• 天啊 (tiān a)
• 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
• 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)