唉

See also: 誒

唉	U+5509, 唉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5509

← 唈
[U+5508]

CJK Unified Ideographs

唊 →
[U+550A]

Translingual

Han character

唉 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人大 (RIOK), four-corner 6303₄, composition ⿰口矣)

References

KangXi: page 192, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3701

Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 12

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 635, character 6

Unihan data for U+5509

Chinese

simp. and trad.		唉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
唉	qʰlɯː, qɯː, qrɯː, qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	qɯː, qʰrɯːs
娭	qɯː, qʰlɯ
挨	qlɯːʔ, qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	ŋrɯːʔ, sɢrɯʔ
俟	sɢrɯʔ, ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āi (ai¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹, oi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái
Min Nan (POJ): ai / ài / haih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āi
  - Zhuyin: ㄞ
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aai¹, oi¹
  - Yale: āai, ōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹, oi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai¹, oi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
  - Hakka Romanization System: ai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ai³
  - IPA: /a̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai
  - Tâi-lô: ai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ay
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /aɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài
  - Tâi-lô: ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /aɪ²¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: haih
  - Tâi-lô: haih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haiq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /haiʔ³²/

Definitions

唉

interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹, oi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái
Min Nan (POJ): haih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aai¹, oi¹
  - Yale: āai, ōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹, oi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai¹, oi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
  - Hakka Romanization System: ai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ai³
  - IPA: /a̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: haih
  - Tâi-lô: haih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haiq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haiʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haiʔ³²/

Definitions

唉

alas

Compounds

唉呀
唉唷

唉聲嘆氣／唉声叹气 (āishēngtànqì)

唉聲歎氣／唉声叹气

Japanese

Kanji

唉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

alas

Readings

Goon: い (i); き (ki)

Kan’on: あい (ai); かい (kai)

Kun: ああ (aa), ああおお (aaoo), いやいやこたえる (iyaiyakotaeru)

Korean

Hanja

唉 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

ask
answer

Vietnamese

Han character

唉 (ai, hãy, hởi, hỡi, hễ, hĩ, hơi)

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