wow in Chinese

How to write 哇

Animated stroke order. Tap a character to replay its stroke order.

哇 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 6. An advanced band: near-fluent comprehension of abstract material.

哇 in a sentence

• 哇wa，太tài美měi了le！

  Wow, so beautiful!

• 哇wa，你nǐ会huì说shuō中zhōng文wén！

  Wow, you can speak Chinese!

• 哇wa，这zhè个gè蛋dàn糕gāo好hǎo大dà！

  Wow, this cake is so big!

哇 vs 啊 vs 呀

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 啊 a ah; oh (exclamation)

  The all-purpose exclamation and particle — 好啊! 'OK!'. 哇 is specifically amazement.

• 呀 ya ah (soft particle)

  A soft tone-softening particle attached to phrases — 好呀 'okay!'. 哇 expresses surprise itself.