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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 wāWest Java, province of Indonesia西爪哇Xī Zhǎo wāSumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java松巴哇岛Sōng bā wā Dǎo(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)爪哇八哥Zhǎo wā bā ge(bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)爪哇池鹭Zhǎo wā chí lù(bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)爪哇禾雀Zhǎo wā hé què
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