天哪

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	which
simp. and trad. (天哪)		天	哪
alternative forms		天啊

Etymology

天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”) + 哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiān na

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ naa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiān na
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄋㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tian nå
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ na⁵
  - Yale: tyān na
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian .na
  - Palladius: тянь на (tjanʹ na)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nä²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ naa³
  - Yale: tīn na
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ naa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ na³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ naː³³/

Interjection

天哪

oh my God!; good Lord!; oh dear!; goodness gracious!
- 天哪，兀的不是我媳婦兒！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  天哪，兀的不是我媳妇儿！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
  Tiān na, wùde bùshì wǒ xífùr! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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)
皇天 (Wenzhounese)
阿姆哀 (Hakka)

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