唉

Alas in Chinese: 唉 (ài)

ài

alas

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-92 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1alas
  2. 2oh dear

Stroke order

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唉

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄞˋ

ài

ㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 唉唷喂啊！

    ài yō wèi a！

    Whoopsie!

  • 唉呀！我差点忘记了！

    ài ya！ wǒ chà diǎn wàng jì le！

    Oh, no! I almost forgot!

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Related words

爱惜

ài xī

to cherish

悲观

bēi guān

pessimistic

鞭炮

biān pào

firecrackers

丙

bǐng

third of the ten Heavenly Stems 干

脖子

bó zi

neck

不见得

bù jiàn de

not necessarily

步骤

bù zhòu

procedure

彩虹

cǎi hóng

rainbow

惭愧

cán kuì

ashamed

操心

cāo xīn

to worry about

测验

cè yàn

test

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

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