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唉
唉
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See also: 誒
Translingual
Han character
唉 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人大 (RIOK), four-corner 63034, composition ⿰口矣)
- alas
- exclamation of surprise or pain
References
- KangXi: page 192, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3701
- Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 635, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5509
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
唉 | |
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Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 唉 | *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ |
| 埃 | *qlɯː |
| 欸 | *qɯː, *qʰrɯːs |
| 娭 | *qɯː, *qʰlɯ |
| 挨 | *qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ |
| 騃 | *ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ |
| 俟 | *sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl |
| 竢 | *sɢrɯʔ |
| 涘 | *sɢrɯʔ |
| 誒 | *qʰlɯ |
| 矣 | *ɢlɯʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞ
- Wade-Giles: ai1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
- IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aai1, oi1
- Yale: āai, ōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: aai1, oi1
- IPA (key): /ɑːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
- Hakka Romanization System: ai`
- Hagfa Pinyim: ai3
- IPA: /a̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: haih
- Tâi-lô: haih
- Phofsit Daibuun: haiq
- IPA (Xiamen): /haiʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /haiʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /haiʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /haiʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /haiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
Interjection
唉
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
- Wade-Giles: ai4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
- IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aai1, oi1
- Yale: āai, ōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: aai1, oi1
- IPA (key): /ɑːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
- Hakka Romanization System: ai`
- Hagfa Pinyim: ai3
- IPA: /a̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: haih
- Tâi-lô: haih
- Phofsit Daibuun: haiq
- IPA (Xiamen): /haiʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /haiʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /haiʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /haiʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /haiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
Interjection
唉
Japanese
Kanji
唉