哎 meaning in English

āi

hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)

HSK 7-9intj8 strokes

Meaning of 哎

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

āi

hey!
(interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

哎āi呀yā，差chà点diǎn上shàng课kè迟chí到dào！

Ach, I was almost late to class!

哎āi，马mǎ上shàng就jiù要yào考kǎo试shì了le。我wǒ死sǐ定dìng了le！

Ah, it's almost time for exams. I'm dead!

哎āi呀yā，是shì不bú是shì有yǒu点diǎn累lèi了le呀ya？来lái，让ràng我wǒ带dài你nǐ去qù睡shuì觉jiào。

Aww, are we feeling a little tired? Let's get you into bed.

哎āi呀yā，我wǒ们men好hǎo像xiàng忘wàng了le汤tāng姆mǔ。

Oops, I think we forgot Tom.

哎āi，今jīn天tiān真zhēn丢diū人rén，我wǒ把bǎ衣yī服fú穿chuān反fǎn了le。

Argh, I was so embarrassed today. I wore my clothes inside-out.

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Words that share a character with 哎.

哎呀	āiyā	interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
哎哟	āiyō	hey; ow

What does 哎 mean?

哎 (āi) means "hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)" and is used as a intj.

How do you write 哎?

哎 is made of 1 character: 哎 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 哎 an HSK word?

Yes. 哎 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.