- [a] - [助] - (用于重复的动词后, 表示过程长) on and on - 
										They went on and on till they came to a river.
 他们走啊, 走啊, 一直走到河边。
 
- [ā] - [叹] - (表示惊异或赞叹)Oh; O; Oho - 
										Oh, what a surprise!
 啊! 多么令人惊奇呀!
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										Oh, what a nice view!
 啊! 多美丽的景色!
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										O! The Huanghe (River), cradle of the Chinese nation.
 啊! 黄河, 你是中华民族的摇篮。
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										Oh, what a nice little girl she is!
 啊, 这是一个多么好的小姑娘!
 
- [á] - [叹] - (表示追问、疑问或征求意见) eh; hey; what; why - 
										Eh?; Pardon?
 啊? 你说什么?
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										So you won't go tomorrow, eh?
 啊, 那么你明天不去了?
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										Well, do you agree or not?
 啊? 你到底同意不同意呀?
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										Why, she is crying!
 啊, 她为什么哭啊 !
 
- [ǎ] - [叹] - (表示惊疑) what - 
										What! Is that true?
 啊! 那是真的吗?
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										What! This railway took only two years to build?
 啊! 这条铁路只用两年就修成啦?
 
- [à] - [叹] - (表示应诺, 发音较短) well; yes - 
										Yes, I'm coming.
 啊, 我就来。
 - (表示明白过来, 发音较长) oh; ah - 
										Oh, I see.
 啊, 我懂了。
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										Ah, so it's you.
 啊, 原来是你!
 - (表示惊异或赞叹, 发音较长) oh - 
										Oh, what a beautiful garden!
 啊, 多美的花园!
 - (表示悲痛、遗憾或忧伤) woe - 
										Woe is me!
 啊, 我真不幸!