HSK 6 · Function Words

哦 ò “oh (indicating understanding)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 哦 means

  1. oh (indicating understanding)
  2. oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth)

How to say 哦

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale哦ò4th tone, falling

哦 in a sentence

  1. 哦，对！我记得那个。

    Ò, duì! Wǒ jìde nà ge.

    Oh, right! I remember that.

    Sentence #11231386 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 哦，你去了理发店啊！

    Ò, nǐ qù le lǐfàdiàn a!

    Oh, you’ve been to the hairdresser’s!

    Sentence #444743 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 哦，好吧。再见。但是开车要小心。

    Ò, hǎo ba. Zàijiàn. Dànshì kāichē yào xiǎoxīn.

    Oh, OK. Bye. But drive carefully.

    Sentence #1394989 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 哦 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 哦 (ò) with each of its parts in a different colour
哦òoh
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 我I · wǒSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 我 (wǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with ò.

How to write 哦

哦 10 strokes

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哦 (ò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 哦 (ò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 哦

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明明míngmíng · clearly默默mòmò · silently宁肯nìngkěn · would rather宁愿nìngyuàn · would rather偏偏piānpiān · unexpectedly譬如pìrú · for example颇pō · rather恰巧qiàqiǎo · by chance

FAQs

哦 (ò) means “oh (indicating understanding)” or “oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ò: ò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 哦 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type o with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 哦 from the suggestions. Typing o into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哦 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.