B2 · Grammar reference · ASGGPG97
Listing things with "a"
When listing nouns belonging to a certain category, 啊 (a) can be added to the end of each noun to give an informal feeling a bit like saying "you know, that kind of thing" after a list of things. You're giving the sense that you're not listing every single thing that you could; it's a non-exhaustive list.
- Keywords
- 啊
- Used for
- Expressing attitude · Listing
- Classification
- Auxiliary Words
Examples (8)
我们什么零食都有，花生啊，瓜子啊，薯片啊，你随便吃吧。
小王啊，小李啊，小张啊，他们都在公司，你可以找他们。
手机有很多功能，比如说拍照啊，看视频啊，听歌啊，都可以。
椅子啊，桌子啊，电脑啊什么的，都买好了，现在办公室只差招员工了！
春节啊，中秋节啊，端午节啊，都是中国重要的节日。
这首歌太火了，路上啊，车上啊，电视上啊，都在放这首歌。
《中文听说读写》啊，《发展汉语》啊，《实用汉语课本》啊，我都学过！
你去上海啊，杭州啊，南京啊，都很方便的。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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