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哇
wa
1. replaces [[啊<a>]] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

哇
wa
to vomit; an infant's cry
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (17)

哇哇
wāwā
sound of crying
哇噻
wāsāi
see [[哇塞<wāsāi>]]
哇靠
wākào
(lit.) I cry!
好哇
hǎowā
hurray!
哇塞
wāsāi
exclamation used to express a feeling of amazement (slang)
爪哇
Zhǎowā
Java (island of Indonesia)
中爪哇
ZhōngZhǎowā
central Java
卡哇伊
kǎwāyī
cute
卡哇依
kǎwāyī
variant of [[卡哇伊<kǎwāyī>]]
哇沙比
wāshābǐ
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
哇沙米
wāshāmǐ
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
松巴哇
Sōngbāwā
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
爪哇岛
ZhǎowāDǎo
Java (island of Indonesia)
爪哇八哥
Zhǎowābāgē
(Chinese bird species) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
爪哇禾雀
Zhǎowāhéquè
(Chinese bird species) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
爪哇池鹭
Zhǎowāchílù
(Chinese bird species) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)
松巴哇岛
SōngbāwāDǎo
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java

Alternate Entries

哇
wā
Wow! / sound of child's crying / sound of vomiting
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,432
Word Frequency Rank
607 of 84,292