oh; ah; well (intj.)
HSK 5
Traditional
唉 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
爱 ài - to love (v.) | HSK 1
Phonetically similar words
矮 ǎi - short [height] (adj.) | HSK 3
哎 āi - hey (intj.) | HSK 5
挨 ái - suffer; endure; drag out; (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
唉，这件事情真是让人难过啊。 ài, zhè jiàn shìqing zhēnshi ràng rén nánguò a. - Alas, this situation really makes people sad.
唉，你怎么又迟到了？ ài, nǐ zěnme yòu chídào le? - Alas, why are you late again?
唉，这个问题我也不知道怎么解决。 ài, zhège wèntí wǒ yě bù zhīdào zěnme jiějué. - Alas, I don't know how to solve this problem either.
唉，他最近总是心情不好。 ài, tā zuìjìn zǒngshì xīnqíng bù hǎo. - Alas, he has been in a bad mood lately.
唉，今天的天气真是糟糕透了。 ài, jīntiān de tiānqì zhēnshi zāogāo tòu le. - Alas, the weather today is really awful.