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哎喲

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 (āiyō)

Interjection

哎喲

hey; oh (expressing surprise)
ouch; ow (expressing pain)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): āiyō, āiyāo

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄧㄛ, ㄞㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ jo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: āiyō → āiyo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄧㄛ → ㄞㄧㄛ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai.io
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɔ²/
  - Homophones:
    
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    哎唷
    哎喲／哎哟
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: āiyāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄧㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aiiau
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    哎唷
    哎喲／哎哟
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aai¹ jo¹
  - Yale: āai yō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ jo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑːi̯⁵⁵ jɔː⁵⁵/