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Zi:啊

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啊 [a] [ā] [á] [ǎ] [à] ah—, ah?, ah..., ah! [è] ​爱​恶​声

5 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►a* ​啊 {A} m.p. (used as phrase suffix) ①(in enumeration) ‖ Qián ∼, shū ∼, biǎo ∼, wǒ dōu diū le. 钱∼, 书∼, 表∼, 我都丢了。 Money, books, watch, I lost everything. ②(in direct address and exclamation) ‖ Lǎo Wáng ∼, zhè kě bùxíng ∼! 老王∼, 这可不行∼! Wang, this won't do! ③(indicating obviousness/impatience) ‖ Lái ∼! 来∼! Come on! ④(for confirmation) ‖ Nǐ bù lái ∼? 你不来∼? So you're not coming?
►¹ā ​啊 {A} intj. (indicating elation) ‖ ∼! Wǒ yòu yíng le! ∼! 我又赢了! Ha! I've won again!
►á ​啊 {E} intj. (indicating doubt or questioning) ‖ ∼? Nǐ shuō shénme? ∼? 你说什么? Huh, what did you say?
►ǎ ​啊 {E} intj. (indicating puzzled surprise) ‖ ∼! Zhēn yǒu zhè ²shì(r)? ∼! 真有这事(儿)? What? Is that really so?
►à ​啊 {E} intj. (indicating agreement/approval) ‖ ∼, hǎo ba. ∼, 好吧。 Well, OK.

From ​口 (kǒu) ‘mouth’ and ​阿 ā phonetic.
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.634.18; Karlgren:AD1; Mathews:2; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:195.04; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:154.1.05
►components: ​口​阿​阝​可​
►Cantonese: a\ a/ a-
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