哉
Ancient forms
1 form- BronzeSpring & Autumn
- 哉RegularToday
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Meaning
zāi zai1
- (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
Example sentences
- bēizāi悲哉shībàizhě失败者!Woe to the vanquished.
Words with 哉
- 善哉shànzāiexcellent
- 圣哉经shèngzāijīngSanctus (section of Catholic mass)
- 幸甚至哉xìngshènzhìzāifilled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操 (Cáo Cāo))
- 悠哉悠哉yōuzāiyōuzāifree and unconstrained (idiom)
- 呜呼哀哉wūhūāizāialas