啊 a▶ ah

Stroke order

啊 is written in 10 strokes.

• 啊

Senses

1. interjection of surprise
2. Ah!
3. Oh!

Example sentences

• 啊，你来了！A, nǐ lái le!Ah, you came!
• 啊，这个菜很好吃！A, zhège cài hěn hǎochī!Ah, this dish is delicious!

Related words

• 阿姨tía
• 矮corto, bajo

啊 is pronounced a and means “ah”. HSK 3 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 啊 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.