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ài

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ài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ài | ai4
English translation
to block, to deter, to hinder, to obstruct

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About ài

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

ài

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of ài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石疑

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of ài .

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Words with ài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
障碍 zhàngài barrier障礙
妨碍 fángài to hinder妨礙
阻碍 zǔài to obstruct阻礙
ài to hinder ài
碍事 aì shì to be in the way礙事
障碍物 zhàng aì wù obstacle障礙物
无碍 wú aì unimpeded無礙
碍眼 aì yǎn to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)礙眼
挂碍 guà aì worry掛礙
碍手碍脚 aì shǒu aì jiǎo to be in the way礙手礙腳
违碍 wéi aì taboo違礙
碍口 aì kǒu tongue-tied礙口
碍难从命 aì nán cóng mìng difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply礙難從命
碍面子 aì miàn zi (not do sth) for fear of offending sb礙面子

ài Decomposition & Compounds

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