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Sentence-final interjection 啊 ("a")

啊 a

Particle
HSK 2

Structure

⋯⋯啊

Definition

啊 (a) 是汉语中的句末语气词，用来表达各种情感或使语气更加自然、友好。

啊 (a) is a sentence-final particle in Mandarin Chinese used to express various emotions or to soften the tone of a sentence.

Usage

啊 (a) 通常放在句尾，根据语境表达惊讶、兴奋、确认、催促、感叹等情感，也可以使句子听起来更自然、平和。

啊 (a) is typically placed at the end of a sentence to convey emotions such as surprise, excitement, confirmation, urging, or exclamation, and can also make the sentence sound more natural and friendly.

Examples

  • 1 你是中国人啊！(So you are Chinese!)
  • 2 好美啊！(How beautiful!)
  • 3 快来啊！(Come quickly!)
  • 4 天啊！(Oh my god!)
  • 5 我知道啊。(I know.)

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