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Level ≈A2 (approx.) interjectionnounparticle Top 1,000 most common
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a means hah!.

Meanings of a in English

Interjection

  1. hah!

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Particle

  1. Central Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, otherwise rare Used to indicate a question that is asked out of perplexity or sarcasm.
    • Bây giờ mới đi a?You've only been going just now?
    • Dừ mì đi a?You've only been going just now?
    • Thật thế a?Really?

Interjection

  1. An expression of happiness, surprise or of a sudden remembrance of something.
    • A mẹ đã về!Oh, my mom came home!
    • A, mình nhớ ra rồi!Oh, I remember!

Noun

  1. rare a cutting tool consisting of two blades inserted into a long handle to cut grass or to harvest rice ≈ tranggạc
    • rèn một lưỡi a bằng ba lưỡi háiliterally, "forging one a blade (the blade of a two-bladed cutting tool) equals three scythe blades"; a master tool takes thrice the toil

Noun

  1. dated a land measurement unit, equal to 100 square meters

Verb

  1. rare to rush or charge forward at ≈ sấnxông
    • a vào giật cho bằng đượcto charge in and snatch it at all costs

Pronoun

  1. Internet slang, abbreviation, slang abbreviation of anh

Words with a

a haa cònga duaa giaoa lôa mena móca tònga-xít

Example sentences with a

  • Vẽ một đường từ A đến B. Draw a line from A to B.
  • A trong tiếng Việt là B. A in Vietnamese is B.
  • Mẹ cô ấy nói tiếng I-ta-li-a. His mom speaks Italian.
  • 420 trong hệ thập lục phân là 1A4. 420 in hexadecimal is 1A4.
  • Thủ đô của In-đô-nê-xi-a là Jakarta. The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta.
  • Ai trong chúng ta cũng có gót chân A-sin. Everyone has an Achilles' heel.
  • A, có tuyết kìa! Ah! Snow!
  • Họ đặt tên cho con tàu vũ trụ là A100. They named the spaceship A100.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, a could be written as 阿. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Borrowed from French a.

Frequently asked questions

What does a mean in English?

a (interjection) means "hah!".

How do you pronounce a?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔaː˧˧]; Saigon [ʔaː˧˧]. Tones: a — level tone (ngang).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.