唷

See also: 唹

唷 U+5537, 唷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5537 ← 唶 [U+5536] CJK Unified Ideographs 唸 → [U+5538]

Translingual

Han character

唷 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜戈月 (RYIB), four-corner 6002₇, composition ⿰口育)

1. final particle

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 194, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3772
• Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 645, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5537

Chinese

trad.		唷
simp. #		唷

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yō (yo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yō
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yo
    • Wade–Giles: yo¹
    • Yale: yō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: io
    • Palladius: ё (jo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jo¹
    • Yale: yō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɔː⁵⁵/

Definitions

唷

1. A particle used to express surprise or query

   唷，這是怎麼了？ [MSC, trad.]
   唷，这是怎么了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yō, zhè shì zěnme le? [Pinyin]

   Gee, what happened?

Compounds

• 哼唷
• 唉唷 (āiyō)
• 啊唷 (āyō)
• 唷喔 (yō'ō)
• 喔唷 (ōyō)
• 噯唷／嗳唷

 

See also

• 喲／哟 (yō)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ió / ó

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ió
    • Tâi-lô: ió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /io⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ó
    • Tâi-lô: ó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oir
    • IPA (Philippines): /o⁵⁵⁴/

Note: toneless as a final particle.

Interjection

唷

1. (Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) Emphatic final particle used to make requests

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吧
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吧
	Singapore	啦, 吧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啦
	Hong Kong	啦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啦
Southern Min	Xiamen	閣
	Quanzhou	唷
	Zhangzhou	閣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啦

Dialectal synonyms of 吧 (“(sentence-final particle used with a command or suggestion)”) [map]

Japanese

Kanji

唷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よ (yo)
• Kun: わらう (warau)

Korean

Hanja

唷 • (yuk) (hangeul 육, revised yuk, McCune–Reischauer yuk)

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