Chinese exclamation




Definition: People use exclamation to express a thought, passions or emotions, when someone is excited.

Examples:
  • How terrible!
  • What an excellent show!
Notes:
  • As we see below, these sentences express a strong emotion; Chinese people use exclamation with the same purpose.

  • Many exclamation sentences contain the symbol 口 - Kǒu in Chinese language

The most common word to express exclamation are:

English Chinese Pinyin
Ha! 哈 Hā
Grrr...! 吓 Xià
Wow! 哇 Wa
Hey! 嘿 Hēi
Hello! 嗨 Hāi
Si! 呀 Ya
Bah! 呸 Pēi
Oh! 哦 Ó
Ah! 嗯 ēn
Ay! 唉 Āi
Eh! 诶 Éi
Hmmm! 呣 Mm(nasal)

Examples:
  • Very funny, Haha!
  • 非常有趣的，哈哈！
  • Fēicháng yǒuqù de, hāhā!

  • Wow!, very awesome.
  • 哇!，非常真棒.
  • Wa!, fēicháng zhēn bàng.

  • Grrr...! I'm very angry...
  • 吓...！我很生氣 ...
  • Xià...! Wǒ hěn shēngqì...

  • Ay!, It hurts me.
  • 唉!，它傷害了我.
  • Āi!, Tā shānghài le wǒ.

  • Hey!, Listen me.
  • 嘿!,聽我的.
  • Hēi! , Tīng wǒ de.


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