啊
aāǎàá HSK2

exclamatory particle

啊 a frequency
modal interrogative particle modal particle
modal particle used at the end of a sentence to soften the tone of a question, often indicating curiosity or focus on the state of affairs.
exclamatory particle modal particle
modal particle used at the end of an exclamatory sentence to emphasize the tone or feeling.
modal particle modal particle
modal particle at the end of a sentence showing affirmation, approval, or consent

好啊，我们走吧。

hǎo a, wǒ​men zǒu ba.

Sure, let's go.

啊 ā
ah interjection
interjection expressing surprise or sudden realization

啊！竟然下雪了，真美！

ā! jìng​rán xià​xuě le, zhēn měi!

Ah! It's actually snowing. It's beautiful!

啊 ǎ
surprise interjection
interjection expressing surprise or amazement

啊！这件艺术品简直太神了！

ǎ! zhè jiàn yì​shù​pǐn jiǎn​zhí tài shén le!

Wow! This piece of art is simply amazing!

what modal particle
interjection expressing doubt, questioning, or asking for clarification

啊？你怎么还没出发呢？

ǎ? nǐ zěn​me hái méi chū​fā ne?

What? Why haven't you left yet?

啊 à
realization interjection
expression of sudden realization or recognition, such as "Oh, it's you!"

啊！原来是你呀。

à! yuán​lái shì nǐ ya.

Oh! It's you.

agreement interjection
interjection or grunt of agreement, often used like "uhm" or "OK"

啊，好，就这样办吧。

à, hǎo, jiù zhè​yàng bàn ba.

Ah, okay, let's do it that way.

啊 á
what modal particle
interjection expressing doubt, surprise, or a request for clarification

啊？你刚才说什么？

á? nǐ gāng​cái shuō shén​me?

Huh? What did you just say?

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
753rd most common 249.3 per million
Movie subtitles
58th most common 2804.1 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3903.9 per million appears in 98% of films
Written text
1429.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+554A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)