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7		ㄧㄚ [ya1]  (*ㄒㄧㄚ [xia1] ).Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
FinUsed in emphasis: 是呀 it is true!
Adj(1)  Descriptive of creaking sounds: 咿呀 [yi1ya1];
嘔呀 [ou1ya1] to make inarticulate noises;
also of children's baby talk;
of sudden noise: 呀的一聲門開了 the door squeaks open.
(2)  (*[xia1]) (MC) descriptive of open mouth, gate.
ExclAh! (surprise, alarm);
哎呀 or 噯呀 [ai4ya0], (Where y slips in on account of preceding final i) oh, my!