哎呀
aai1 aa4ai1 jaa4ai1 jaa3ai1 jaak3āi yā
English
- interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
- a cry of pain; an expression of surprise, annoyance, complaint, or sudden realisation
粵語 — Cantonese
- 痛苦嘅叫聲,或驚喜、煩躁、不滿、驚覺某事
Examples
哎吔,落雨!
Oh no, it's raining!
哎吔!好痛啊!
Ouch! It hurts!
哎吔!我冇帶鎖匙喎。
Oh no! I've forgotten my keys.
哎呀!唔記得咗帶銀包添!
Oh no! I forgot to bring my wallet!
哎呀,叫咗你帶銀包㗎啦。
Ugh, I had told you to bring your wallet.
我通常踩單車返學⋯⋯哎呀,講錯咗,應該係返工至啱。
I usually ride my bike to school. I mean to the office.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
哎呀!佢發生咩事呀?點解行路一拐一拐?
Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY
「帶啲嘢嚟多謝你借咗你嘅空間畀我,係咪唔係個好主意?」「哎呀。飲杯咖啡點算好?」「聽落好正。我哋去啦。」
Tatoeba CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk