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ǎi

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ǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ǎi | ai3
English translation
fog, haze; calm, peaceful

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About ǎi

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

rain

Etymology of ǎi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

雨谒

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using ǎi

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秋日苦短,暮霭 mù aǐ 正在 zhèngzài lǒng lái .

Twilight was closing on the diminished autumn day.

那时 nà shí 苍茫 cāng máng de 暮色 mù sè ,已经 yǐjīng 开始 kāishǐ 那些 nà xiē 山谷 shān gǔ 染成 piān 烟霭 yān aǐ de 图画 tú huà le .

The evening films began to make nebulous pictures of the valleys.

Words with ǎi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
雾霭 wù aǐ mist霧靄
ǎi mist
暮霭 mù aǐ evening mist暮靄
烟霭 yān aǐ mist and clouds煙靄
云霭 yún aǐ floating clouds雲靄

ǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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