TraceHanzi

唉 meaning in English

ài

alas; oh dear

HSK 7-9intj10 strokes

Meaning of 唉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

唉 in example sentences

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

唉āi！我wǒ的de电diàn脑nǎo又yòu当dāng机jī了le。
Argh! My computer froze up again.
唉āi呀ya！我wǒ差chà点diǎn忘wàng记jì了le！
Oh, no! I almost forgot!
「喂wèi！这zhè里lǐ跑pǎo步bù很hěn危wēi险xiǎn的de。」「嗯ń？……啊a、啊a、啊a！！」「唉āi，我wǒ刚gāng才cái不bú是shì和hé你nǐ说shuō了le吗ma？」
"Hey! It's dangerous to run here." "Eh? ... A-a-Aaah!!" "Oh dear, what did I tell you?"
我wǒ们men的de先xiān驱qū者zhě中zhōng许xǔ多duō还hái活huó著zhù...但dàn是shì，唉āi，其qí中zhōng有yǒu许xǔ多duō已yǐ经jīng死sǐ了le。
Many of our pioneers are still alive... but, alas, many of them aren't alive any more.
唉āi唷yō喂wèi啊a！
Whoopsie!

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

唉 ài · alas · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Questions about 唉

What does 唉 mean?

唉 (ài) means "alas; oh dear" and is used as a intj.

How do you write 唉?

唉 is made of 1 character: 唉 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 唉 an HSK word?

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

婴儿Previous in HSK 7-9yīng'ér