day 1oh, no way!

oh, no way!

Add your feelings to what you say: surprise, “as expected”, “not at all”, “after all” and “anyway”.

today’s words

• 哎 āi · hey; oh (surprise)
• 哎呀 āiyā · oh no; oh my
• 唉 ài · sigh; oh well
• 哈 hā · ha (laughter); aha
• 哦 ò · oh, I see
• 呀 yā · oh, ah (surprise)
• 毕竟 bìjìng · after all
• 居然 jūrán · to your surprise; actually
• 果然 guǒrán · sure enough, as expected
• 的确 díquè · indeed, really
• 简直 jiǎnzhí · simply, practically
• 根本 gēnběn · (not) at all; basic, root
• 绝对 juéduì · absolutely; absolute
• 反正 fǎnzhèng · anyway, in any case
• 反而 fǎn'ér · instead, on the contrary
• 白 bái · for nothing, in vain
• 刚好 gānghǎo · just right; as it happens
• 不要紧 bùyàojǐn · it doesn’t matter; not serious
• 没法儿 méifǎr · can’t, there’s no way to
• 恭喜 gōngxǐ · congratulations
• 好运 hǎoyùn · good luck
• 说不定 shuōbudìng · maybe, perhaps
• 或许 huòxǔ · perhaps, maybe
• 偶然 ǒurán · by chance; accidental
• 糟糕 zāogāo · terrible; oh no!

sentences

• 我白跑了一趟，银行今天根本不开门。 · I went all that way for nothing. The bank isn’t even open today.
• 他毕竟是新同事，别对他太严格。 · He’s new here, after all. Don’t be too hard on him.
• 大家都说他会迟到，他果然迟到了。 · Everyone said he’d be late, and sure enough he was.
• 这么难的题，他居然一会儿就做完了。 · Such a hard question, and he finished it in no time!
• 你别着急，反正我们明天也没事。 · No rush. We’re free tomorrow anyway.