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哎

āi

HSK 5 Character

What 哎 means

1. hey!
2. (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)

Example sentences

• 哎！
  Ah!
• 哎呀！
  Whoops!
• 哎呀我不知道啦。
  āiyā wǒ bù zhīdào la.
  Oh, I don't know.
• 哎呀......
  Oh boy...
• 哎呀，差点上课迟到！
  Ach, I was almost late to class!
• 哎呀- 我忘了我的药。
  āiyā - wǒ wàng le wǒ de yào.
  Oops - I forgot my medicine.

Words starting with 哎

• 哎哟āi yōhey; ow; ouch
• 哎呀āi yāinterjection of wonder, shock or admiration
• 哎呦āi yōu(interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc); Oh my!; Uh-oh!
• 哎唷āi yōinterjection of pain or surprise; also written 哎哟

Characters that look like 哎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 咬yǎoto bite; to nip
• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…
• 咳kécough
• 呗bài(bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka")
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 咭jīvariant of 叽

Sounds the same

Read āi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 唉interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 哀(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 挨in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to
• 埃dust; dirt; angstrom
• 欸(indicating response); (sadly sighing); also pr. èi
• 銰character used in Korea in former times to represent the syllable "ngai"
• 锿einsteinium (chemistry)
• 娭see 娭姐; granny (dialect); respectful form of address for older lady