唉

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What 唉 means

interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh; alas; oh dear

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 矣

Made of 口 + 矣

Words with 唉

• 唉唉āi āi(onom.) sighing voice; crying sound
• 唉姐āi jiěgranny (dialect)
• 唉声叹气āi shēng tàn qìsighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair

唉 in a sentence

• 唉呀！我差点忘记了！

  ài ya ！ wǒ chà diǎn wàng jì le ！

  Oh, no! I almost forgot!

Characters that sound like 唉

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