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埃

āi

Character

What 埃 means

1. dust
2. dirt
3. angstrom
4. phonetic ai or e

Other readings

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

• Āiabbr. for Egypt {埃及|Āi jí} or Ethiopia {埃塞俄比亚|Āi sài é bǐ yà}

Example sentences

• 我来自埃及。
  I am from Egypt.
• 我是埃及人。
  I am Egyptian.
• 在埃及说什么语言？
  Zài āijí shuō shénme yǔyán?
  What language is spoken in Egypt?
• 在埃及说什幺语言？
  What language is spoken in Egypt?
• 美金对埃磅多少啊?
  How many US dollars are in an Egyptian pound?
• 玛丽是个埃及学家。
  Mary is an Egyptologist.

Words starting with 埃

• 埃及Āi jíEgypt
• 埃塞俄比亚Āi sài é bǐ yàEthiopia
• 埃塞Āi sàiEthiopia
• 埃弗顿Āi fú dùnEverton (town in northwest England); Everton soccer team
• 埃塔Āi tǎETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or Basque homeland and freedom), Basque armed separatist group
• 埃居āi jūécu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century)
• 埃德Āi déEd (name - Eduard)
• 埃文Āi wénEvan; Avon; Ivan
• 埃米āi mǐangstrom (Å)
• 埃博拉Āi bó lāEbola (virus)
• 埃及学Āi jí xuéEgyptology
• 埃布罗Āi bù luóEbro river (in northeast Spain)
• 埃拉特Āi lā tèEilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea
• 埃文斯Āi wén sīEvans; Ivins; Ivens
• 埃尔金Āi ěr jīnJames Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who…
• 埃米尔āi mǐ ěr(loanword) emir; amir
• 埃利斯岛Āi lì sī DǎoEllis Island
• 埃夫伯里Āi fū bó lǐAvebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
• 埃奥罗斯Āi ào luó sīAeolus, Greek God of winds
• 埃尔多安Āi ěr duō ānRecep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003–2014, president…
• 埃尔福特Āi ěr fú tèErfurt (German city)
• 埃迪卡拉Āi dí kǎ lāEdiacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
• 埃森Āi sēnEssen, city in the Ruhr 鲁尔区
• 埃加迪群岛Āi jiā dí Qún dǎoAegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy

Words containing 埃

• 尘埃chén āidust
• 皮埃尔Pí āi ěr(name) Pierre
• 苏维埃Sū wéi āiSoviet (council)
• 尘埃落定chén āi luò dìnglit. the dust has settled (idiom); fig. to get sorted out; to be finalized
• 以埃Yǐ ĀiIsrael-Egypt
• 山埃shān āicyanide (loanword); same as 氰化
• 出埃及记Chū āi jí jìBook of Exodus; Second Book of Moses
• 普埃布拉Pǔ āi bù lāPuebla, a city southeast of Mexico City; term used to refer to plants whose specific…
• 里维埃拉lǐ wéi āi lāriviera (loanword)
• 克罗埃西亚Kè luó āi xī yàCroatia (Tw)
• 伊利埃斯库Yī lì āi sī kùIliescu
• 苏维埃俄国Sū wéi āi É guóSoviet Russia (1917-1991)
• 特鲁埃尔Tè lǔ āi ěrTergüel or Teruel, Spain
• 纽埃Niǔ āiNiue (self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand)
• 艾玛纽埃尔Ài mǎ niǔ āi ěrEmmanuel or Emmanuelle (name)
• 比埃兹巴伯Bǐ āi zī bā bóBeelzebub
• 蒙彼利埃Méng bǐ lì āiMontpellier (French town)
• 满身尘埃mǎn shēn chén āidusty
• 鲍狄埃Bào dí āiEugène Edine Pottier (1816-1887), French revolutionary socialist and poet
• 涓埃juān āitiny stream of dust; tiny things; negligible
• 涓埃之力juān āi zhī lìnegligible force (idiom); tiny force
• 苏联最高苏维埃Sū lián Zuì gāo Sū wéi āiSupreme Soviet
• 中华苏维埃共和国Zhōng huá Sū wéi āi Gòng hé guóChinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)
• 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟Sū wéi āi Shè huì zhǔ yì Gòng hé guó Lián méngUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991; abbr. to 苏联

Characters built on 矣

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

• 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 挨āiin order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to
• 欸āi(indicating response); (sadly sighing); also pr. èi

Characters that look like 埃

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

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 俟qíused in 万俟

Sounds the same

Read āi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哎hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)
• 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
• 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