唉 — Chinese character
唉
āi
alas; exclamation of surprise or pain
- Pinyin
- āi
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 口 矣
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 矣
Common words with 唉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唉声叹气 (唉聲嘆氣) | āi shēng tàn qì | sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs |
| 唉唉 | āi āi | (onom.) sighing voice; crying sound |
| 唉姐 | āi jiě | granny (dialect) |
English words written with 唉
唉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.