啊 Stroke Order

啊 [ā] 1. Interjection, indicating amazement or astonishment. Example: "Ah, this flower is really beautiful!" "Ah ha." "Ah ya." 2. Interjection, used for requesting clarification or asking to repeat something (Exclamation: ah). Example: "Ah? Who are you talking about? Have you thought about these things? Ah!" 3. Interjection, expressing surprise or doubt (Exclamation: ah). Example: "Ah? What's going on here? He said I am still young, ah? I'm not young anymore, right? Ah? Can it be said like this?" 4. Interjection used for acknowledging (Exclamation: ah). Example: "Ah, I'll go." "Ah, alright." 5. Interjection indicating realization. Example: "Ah, right! That's it!" "Ah, it was him, no wonder he looked familiar." 6. Interjection indicating amazement or admiration. Example: "Ah! Yellow River, you are the cradle of our nation." 7. Used to express sorrow, regret, or sadness (Exclamation: woe). 8. Auxiliary word, indicating tone (Exclamation: what). 9. Used at the end of exclamatory sentences to strengthen the tone. Example: "He runs really fast ah." 10. Used in declarative or imperative sentences to indicate affirmation, clarification, request, warning, urging, commanding, etc. Example: "What he said is correct ah! Please sit ah, ladies." 11. Used at the end of questions (Exclamation: really?). 12. In questions with interrogative referents or choice questions, it softens the tone. Example: "Who is it ah?" 13. In declarative sentences framed as questions, the purpose of the inquiry is to seek confirmation. Example: "Aren't you going ah?" 14. Used in greetings (Exclamation: hay). Example: "Old Zhang ah, you’re here!" 15. Used after repeated verbs to indicate a lengthy process (Exclamation: on and on). Example: "… searching ah searching ah, finally found the gold mine." 16. The above has another pronunciation.