āi

欸

Character · InterjectionTraditional唉

interjection (same as '唉')

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Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples

interjection

archaic

Used in literary/classical Chinese as a variant of 唉 (āi). In modern usage, it is largely superseded by the standard form '唉'.

（

gǔ古

）

āi哎

，

mìng命

yě也

fū夫

！

(Ancient) Alas, such is fate!