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Characters, words, pinyin or English

哇 wa to vomit

to vomit; Wow!

How to remember 哇: 口 mouth + 圭 jade block = to vomit. The seasick tourist on the ferry covers her mouth, drops her new jade block souvenir and runs to the rail to vomit.

  • HSK 6
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 口

Component breakdown

哇 = 口 mouth + 圭 jade block

  • 口 mouth
  • 圭 jade block
The Gushi story

The seasick tourist on the ferry covers her mouth, drops her new jade block souvenir and runs to the rail to vomit.

How it is used

  • 'Wow!' - an exclamation of surprise or delight: 哇，好漂亮！(wā, hǎo piàoliang) wow, so pretty!
  • Also a sentence-final particle (softened 啊 after -a/-o/-u endings), and can mimic a baby's wail 哇哇大哭 (wāwā dàkū). Purely spoken.