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艾

ài

Character

What 艾 means

1. Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa
2. used in transliteration

Other readings

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

• Àisurname Ai
• yìvariant of {刈|yì}; variant of {乂|yì}

Example sentences

• 我有艾滋病。
  I have HIV.
• 艾普发疯了。
  April went crazy.
• 艾米莉恨攀登。
  àimǐlì hèn pāndēng.
  Emily hates climbing.
• 她被称为艾美。
  She goes by the name of Amy.
• 不要自怨自艾。
  Do not loathe yourself.
• 艾蜜莉去学校。
  Emily goes to school.

Words starting with 艾

• 艾滋病ài zī bìng(loanword) AIDS
• 艾森豪威尔Ài sēn háo wēi ěrDwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied…
• 艾滋病毒ài zī bìng dúhuman immune deficiency virus (HIV); the AIDS virus
• 艾青Ài QīngAi Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet
• 艾略特Ài lüè tè(name) Elliott; Eliot
• 艾实ài shí(TCM) fruit of Chinese mugwort (Artemisia argyi), aka fruit of argyi wormwood
• 艾条ài tiáomoxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)
• 艾片ài piànpreparation obtained from sambong leaves, containing borneol (used in TCM)…
• 艾特ài tè(loanword) at sign; @
• 艾老ài lǎo(literary) person aged over fifty; elderly person
• 艾草ài cǎoAsian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)
• 艾酒ài jiǔwine flavored with Chinese mugwort
• 艾未未Ài Wèi wèiAi Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as…
• 艾塔ài tǎeta (Greek letter Η, η)
• 艾奥瓦Ài ào wǎIowa, US state
• 艾伯塔Ài bó tǎAlberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙顿; also written 阿尔伯塔
• 艾尔伯塔Ài ěr bó tǎAlberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙顿; also written 阿尔伯塔
• 艾迪卡拉Ài dí kǎ lāEdiacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era…
• 艾滋ài zī(loanword) AIDS
• 艾赛克斯Ài sài kè sīEssex (English county)
• 艾滋病病毒ài zī bìng bìng dúHIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
• 艾尔米塔奇Ài ěr mǐ tǎ jīErmitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg
• 艾曼塔Ài màn tǎEmmentaler (cheese)
• 艾纳香ài nà xiāngsambong (Blumea balsamifera)

Words containing 艾

• 方兴未艾fāng xīng wèi àiflourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong…
• 布宜诺斯艾利斯Bù yí nuò sī Ài lì sīBuenos Aires, capital of Argentina
• 少艾shào àiyoung and pretty; pretty girl
• 恐艾kǒng ài(slang) to have an obsessive fear of contracting HIV AIDS
• 未艾wèi ài(literary) not having come to its term
• 防艾fáng àiprotecting against AIDS
• 期期艾艾qī qī ài àistammering (idiom)
• 方滋未艾fāng zī wèi àiflourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong…
• 苦艾kǔ àiwormwood; Artemisia absinthium
• 苦艾酒kǔ ài jiǔabsinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
• 上艾瑟尔Shàng ài sè ěrOverijssel, province of the Netherlands
• 自艾自怜zì yì zì lián(idiom) to feel sorry for oneself
• 怨艾yuàn yìto resent; to regret; grudge
• 自怨自艾zì yuàn zì yìto be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors
• 兰艾同焚lán ài tóng fénlit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom)…
• 万艾可Wàn ài kěViagra
• 大卫·艾登堡Dà wèi Ài dēng bǎoDavid Attenborough (1926–), British naturalist and broadcaster
• 洁西卡·艾芭Jié xī kǎ · Ài bāJessica Alba, American actress
• 杰西卡·艾尔芭Jié xī kǎ · Ài ěr bāJessica Alba, American actress

Characters that look like 艾

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

• 芝zhīZoysia pungens

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
• 暧(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine
• 隘(bound form) narrow; (bound form) a defile; a narrow pass
• 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