Meaning of wā:

Interjection

Wow!

Wa, zhè fú huà zhēn piàoliang!

,这幅画真漂亮!

Wow, this painting is really beautiful!

Onomatopoeia

sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting

Xiǎo yīng'ér zài shēnyè bù tíng de kū wa.

小婴儿在深夜不停地哭

The little baby kept crying 'wa' in the middle of the night.

Tā chī huài le dùzi, tūrán jiù wā de tǔ le chūlái.

他吃坏了肚子,突然就地吐了出来。

He ate something bad, and suddenly vomited.

Particle

replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"

tā chàng de tài hǎo tīng wa.

他唱得太好听

He sings so well!

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