唉

āi/ài

interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 5 interjection

Meaning

āi ai1

interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
to sigh

ài ai4

alas
oh dear

Example sentences

āi唉！wǒ我de的diànnǎo电脑yòu又dāngjī当机le了。

Argh! My computer froze up again.
wǒmen我们de的xiānqūzhě先驱者zhōng中xǔduō许多hái还huó活zhù著...dànshì但是，āi唉，qízhōng其中yǒu有xǔduō许多yǐjīng已经sǐ死le了。

Many of our pioneers are still alive... but, alas, many of them aren't alive any more.

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