唉 (āi)
alas; a sigh of sadness or regret
How 唉 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 唉
- Simplified
- 唉 (unchanged)
Components
- 口 mouth
- 厶 private
- 矢 arrow
唉 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- āi
- interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
- ài
- alas; oh dear
Common words using 唉
- 唉唉 āiāi
- onomat. sighing voice; crying sound
- 唉姐 āijiě
- granny (dialect)
- 唉聲嘆氣 āishēngtànqì
- sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair
唉 in a sentence
唉，我又忘記帶鑰匙了。
Āi, wǒ yòu wàngjì dài yàoshi le.
“Sigh, I forgot my keys again.”
How common is 唉?
唉 is the 2,087th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.4% of all running text.
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