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Character Decomposition
哇=口+圭
Etymology
mouth
Meanings2 pronunciations
wā
Wow!
sound of a child's crying
sound of vomiting
wa
replaces 啊 a when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
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Words with 哇 41 total
sound of crying哇哇wā wā(slang) wow! · also pr. wāsēi哇塞wā sāi(Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, "I cry!")哇靠wā kàohurray! · hurrah! · yippee!好哇hǎo wāJava (island of Indonesia)爪哇Zhǎo wāJava (island of Indonesia)爪哇岛Zhǎo wā Dǎoancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇 · (fig.) somewhere remote, inaccessible or obscure爪哇国Zhǎo wā guóCentral Java, province of Indonesia中爪哇Zhōng Zhǎo wācute · adorable · charming (loanword from Japanese)卡哇伊kǎ wā yīwasabi (loanword) (Tw)哇沙比wā shā bǐwasabi (loanword) (Tw)哇沙米wā shā mǐSumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java松巴哇Sōng bā wā
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