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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

唉 [ài]
  1. 1. interjection [表伤感或惋惜] oh
  2. 2. interjection [表示回应命令] OK

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

唉 [ài]
  1. 1. interjection a sigh of sadness or regret
    唉，要是老张在这儿该多好啊!
    Oh, if only Lao Zhang were here.
    唉，谁能想到啊!
    Well, who'd have thought of that?
    唉，真可惜!
    What a pity!
    唉，车还不来，急死人了。
    唉，儿子不听话，我有什么办法?
    唉，好日子都让他过糟蹋了。
    唉，你们谁负责接待客人?不能让客人老站着啊。
    唉，又遇上这倒霉的事!
  2. 2. interjection a response to a call, order, etc.
    快开门去。—唉。
    Open the door, quick! —Right.
    小王! —唉，来啦。
    Xiao Wang! —Yes. Coming.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

唉 [ài]
  1. 1. 叹 表示伤感、失望
    唉，这下可全完了!
    唉，这场球又输了。
  2. 2. 叹 表示惋惜、懊悔
    唉，这么好的机会又错过了
    唉，我真不该到这里来。
  3. 3. 叹 表示应答或认可
    唉，去吧
    唉，这就对了!
See more results for 唉 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

唉，要是老张在这儿该多好啊!
Oh, if only Lao Zhang were here. → 唉
唉，谁能想到啊!
Well, who'd have thought of that? → 唉
唉，真可惜!
What a pity! → 唉
快开门去。—唉。
Open the door, quick! —Right. → 唉
小王! —唉，来啦。
Xiao Wang! —Yes. Coming. → 唉
唉! 别提那吃人的旧世道了。
Hm! Let's not talk about that man-eat-man society. → 世道
唉，你们男人家，我是晓得的，都有喜新厌旧的毛病。
Ai! You men, I know you all have the same fault—off with the old love and on with the new. → 喜新厌旧
唉，车还不来，急死人了。 → 唉
唉，儿子不听话，我有什么办法? → 唉
唉，好日子都让他过糟蹋了。 → 唉
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Character Decomposition

口
[kǒu]		 + 矣
[yǐ]

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