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暧

ài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 曖

What 暧 means

1. (of daylight) dim
2. obscure
3. clandestine
4. dubious

Example sentences

• 他们的关系有些暧昧。
  Tāmen de guānxi yǒuxiē àimèi.
  Their relationship is dubious.

Words starting with 暧

• 暧昧ài mèivague; ambiguous; equivocal
• 暧昧关系ài mèi guān xìshady relationship; affair; adulterous relationship

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.

• 嗳ǎito belch; (interj. of disapproval)
• 嫒àiused in 令嫒
• 瑷àifine quality jade

Characters that look like 暧

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

• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 暖nuǎnwarm; to warm
• 瞎xiāblind; groundlessly; foolishly
• 膛táng(bound form) hollow space
• 睫jiéeyelashes
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned

Sounds the same

Read ài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爱to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…
• 碍to hinder; to obstruct; to block
• 隘(bound form) narrow; (bound form) a defile; a narrow pass
• 艾Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa; used in transliteration
• 唉alas; oh dear
• 嗳(interj. of regret)
• 嫒used in 令嫒
• 瑷fine quality jade
• 砹astatine (chemistry)
• 鑀einsteinium (chemistry) (Tw); ionium (former name of thorium)
• 薆to cover; to hide; to conceal
• 僾indistinct; hazy; misty

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ài correctly.
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