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ài

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ài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ài | ai4
English translation
(of daylight) dim
obscure
clandestine
dubious
obscure, dim; ambiguous, vague

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About ài

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

ài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of ài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日爱

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

ài

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using ài

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kān de 眼神 yǎnshén 总是 zǒngshì 那么 nà me 暧昧 àimèi

His eyes were always so vague when he looked at her.

Words with ài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
暧昧 àimèi vague曖昧
暧昧关系 aì mèi guān xì affair曖昧關係
ài obscure ài

ài Decomposition & Compounds

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ài Decomposition

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