Miaozi

唉

āiㄞ
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HSK 7TOCFL 5

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)

  2. 2

    to sigh

Examples

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「喂！這裏跑步很危險的。」「嗯？……啊、啊、啊！！」「唉，我剛才不是和你說了嗎？」

「喂！這裏跑步很危險的。」「嗯？……啊、啊、啊！！」「唉，我剛纔不是和你說了嗎？」

"Hey! It's dangerous to run here." "Eh? ... A-a-Aaah!!" "Oh dear, what did I tell you?"

唉！我的電腦又當機了。

Argh! My computer froze up again.

我們的先驅者中許多還活著...但是，唉，其中有許多已經死了。

Many of our pioneers are still alive... but, alas, many of them aren't alive any more.

「唉，算了吧，」狄馬心想：「這實在不是挑三挑四的時候。」

"Oh, well..." thought Dima. "I suppose that I can't be picky at a time like this."

唉唷喂啊！

Whoopsie!

Characters

Character breakdown

口

kǒu

mouth

矣

yǐ

classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]

Stroke practice

Practice writing 唉

Characters

simplified script

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