啊

HSK 2#47 by frequencyradical 口

a["y","e"]

modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent

ā["y","e"]

interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!

interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!

interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?

interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?

Examples

啊？

Huh?

开啊！

Open up.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.