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嗳

ǎi

Character Traditional 噯

What 嗳 means

1. to belch
2. (interj. of disapproval)

Other readings

嗳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ài(interj. of regret)

Example sentences

• 我常常嗳气。
  Wǒ chángcháng àiqì.
  I often hiccup.

Words starting with 嗳

• 嗳气ǎi qìto belch
• 嗳腐ǎi fǔputrid belching (medical term)
• 嗳酸ǎi suānsour belching (medical term)
• 嗳气吞酸ǎi qì tūn suān(TCM) belching and acid reflux
• 嗳气呕逆ǎi qì ǒu nìbelching and retching counterflow (medical term)
• 嗳气腐臭ǎi qì fǔ chòuputrid belching (medical term)
• 嗳气酸腐ǎi qì suān fǔbelching of sour putrid gas (medical term)
• 嗳腐吞酸ǎi fǔ tūn suānputrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)

Characters built on 爱

These share the phonetic component 爱 (ài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 暧ài(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine
• 嫒àiused in 令嫒
• 瑷àifine quality jade

Characters that look like 嗳

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

• 喷pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
• 幔màncurtain
• 嘈cáobustling; tumultuous; noisy
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 嘧mì(phonetic) as in pyrimidine
• 嘌piào(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤

Sounds the same

Read ǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 矮(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
• 蔼friendly
• 霭mist; haze; cloudy sky
• 欸(Taiwan; literary) to rebuke loudly; (Taiwan; literary) to sigh; used in 欸乃
• 毐see historical character Lao Ai 嫪毐; by extension, person of reprehensible morals; immoral