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诶

xī

Character Traditional 誒

What 诶 means

1. sigh (to express regret)

Other readings

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

• ēivariant of {欸|ēi}
• éivariant of {欸|éi}
• ěivariant of {欸|ěi}
• èivariant of {欸|èi}

Example sentences

• 诶！汤姆在哪里？
  Hey, where's Tom?
• 诶，我大学到底要修什么啊?
  ēi, wǒ dàxué dàodǐ yào xiū shénme ā?
  Hey, what in the world am I going to major in at college?

Characters that look like 诶

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

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 误wùmistake; error; to miss
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 俟qíused in 万俟

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 西west
• 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 悉in all cases; know
• 惜to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
• 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí