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

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

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)
皇天 (Wenzhounese)
阿姆哀 (Hakka)

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