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āi

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āi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
āi | ai1
English translation
interjection indicating regret

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About āi

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

āi

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Interjection / 叹词 tàn cí Tàn cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of āi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口爱

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

ài

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using āi

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嗳呀! hǎo de gǒu !

Crikey ! What a big dog!

shì 赵伯韬 dài 点儿 diǎn r qīn ? āi , shì shuì 那个 nà ge 女朋友 nǚ péng you , xìng liú de . ”

" But this friend of yours is related to Chao Po - tao , isn't she? "

āi , xìng zhào de , 赵伯韬?

" You're sure it's Chao Po - tao?

Words with āi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
āi (interj. of disapproval) āi
嗳气 aì qì belching噯氣
嗳酸 aì suān sour belching (medical term)噯酸

āi Decomposition & Compounds

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