# 唉

| 唉 | U+5509, &#21769; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5509 |
| ← 唈 [U+5508] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 唊 → [U+550A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

唉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人大 (RIOK), four-corner 6303$_4$, composition ⿰口矣)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3701
* Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 635, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5509

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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／形声, OC *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): āi (ai$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄞ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aai$^1$ / oi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai / ài / haih
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āi
*** Zhuyin: ㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ai
*** Wade–Giles: ai$^1$
*** Yale: āi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
*** Palladius: ай (aj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aai$^1$ / oi$^1$
*** Yale: āai / ōi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aai$^1$ / oi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ai$^1$ / oi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /aːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
*** Hakka Romanization System: ai$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ai̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai
*** Tâi-lô: ai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ay
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài
*** Tâi-lô: ài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: aix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: haih
*** Tâi-lô: haih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haiq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /haiʔ³²/

#### Definitions

唉
* interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
* sighing interjection; ah; alas

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ài (ai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aai$^1$ / oi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): haih
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ài
*** Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ài
*** Wade–Giles: ai$^4$
*** Yale: ài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
*** Palladius: ай (aj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aai$^1$ / oi$^1$
*** Yale: āai / ōi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aai$^1$ / oi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ai$^1$ / oi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /aːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
*** Hakka Romanization System: ai$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ai̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (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
* interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
* sighing interjection; ah; alas
* interjection expressing sadness, disappointment, regret, etc.; ah; alas

#### Compounds

* 唉吔
* 唉呀
* 唉唷 (āiyō)
* 唉聲嘆氣／唉声叹气 (āishēngtànqì)
* 唉聲歎氣／唉声叹气 (āishēngtànqì)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* alas

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i)、き (ki)
* Kan-on: あい (ai)、かい (kai)
* Kun: ああ (ā)、あくび (akubi)、おくび (okubi)、ああおお (āō)、いやいやこたえる (iyaiyakotaeru)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

## Tày
### Verb

唉 (transliteration needed)
* Nôm form of hảy (“to cry”).
* Nôm form of háy (“to work, to toil”).

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

唉: Hán Nôm readings: ai, hãy, hởi, hỡi, hễ, hĩ, hơi
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