ài

HSK 7-9
common
interjection

Meaning of

唉 means to express sorrow; regret. Pronounced ài. HSK 7-9.

  • to express sorrow; regret

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Ài
 
bìng
le
tiān
 
gōng
zuò
dōu
dān
le
 

Alas, I was sick for a few days and fell behind on all my work.

Ài
 
hǎo
hǎo
de
tào
shū
nòng
diū
le
liǎng
běn
 

What a shame, we lost two volumes of a complete book set.

Ài
 
zhè
sài
jiù
chà
fēn
jiù
yíng
le
 

Darn, we lost the game by just one point.

Ài
 
piào
mài
wán
le
 
méi
kàn
yǎn
chàng
huì
le
 

Too bad, all the concert tickets are sold out, I can't go now.

kàn
zhe
bèi
fēng
chuī
dǎo
de
guǒ
shù
 
ài
de
tàn
le
kǒu
 

Looking at the fruit trees knocked over by the wind, he let out a regretful sigh.

Ài
 
xīn
zhòng
le
bàn
nián
de
cài
quán
bèi
chóng
chī
guāng
le
 

What a loss, all the vegetables we grew for half a year were eaten up by bugs.