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Chinese
Etymology
天 (tiān, “sky, heaven, god”) + 哪 (na, “form of 啊 (a) from assimilation to the -n coda of the previous syllable”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
天哪
- oh my God!; good Lord!; oh dear!; goodness gracious!
Synonyms
- 哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
- 喔麥尬／喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
- 天啊 (tiān a)
- 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
- 媽呀／妈呀 (māya)
- 我父 (ua2 bê6) (Teochew)
- 我的天 (wǒ de tiān)
- 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
- 我的媽呀／我的妈呀 (wǒdemāya)
- 我空 (Philippine Hokkien)
- 我苦 (Hokkien)
- 我迸 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 皇天 (Wenzhounese)
- 阿姆哀 (Hakka)