ái
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
ái (Zhuyin ㄞˊ)
- Pinyin transcription of 挨, 捱
- Pinyin transcription of 癌
- Pinyin transcription of 呆
- Pinyin transcription of 啀
- Pinyin transcription of 嘊
- Pinyin transcription of 嵦
- Pinyin transcription of 敱
- Pinyin transcription of 敳
- Pinyin transcription of 癊
- Pinyin transcription of 皚, 皑
- Pinyin transcription of 硖
- Pinyin transcription of 磏
- Pinyin transcription of 騃, 𫘤
Northern TepehuanEdit
NounEdit
ái
- Obsolete spelling of ááyi
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather”).
Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“forefather, ancestor”).
NounEdit
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ái (weak an-stem)
See alsoEdit
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 愛 (“to love; love”).
VerbEdit
ái
Usage notesEdit
- This usage is found strictly in the "Vietnamized" version ngộ ái nị of the Cantonese phrase 我愛你 (“I love you”)
See alsoEdit
NounEdit
ái
- (chiefly in compounds) love
Derived termsEdit
- ái ân (愛恩)
- ái hữu (愛友)
- ái khanh (愛卿)
- ái lực (愛力)
- ái mộ (愛慕)
- ái quốc (愛國)
- ái tình (愛情)
- ân ái (恩愛)
- bác ái (博愛)
- êm ái
- hỉ nộ ái ố (喜怒愛惡)
- hội ái hữu (會愛友)
- hữu ái (友愛)
- khả ái (可愛)
- kiêm ái (兼愛)
- kính ái (敬愛)
- lệnh ái (令愛)
- luyến ái (戀愛)
- nhân ái (仁愛)
- phiếm ái (泛愛)
- sủng ái (寵愛)
- thân ái (親愛)
- tình ái (情愛)
- tự ái (自愛)
- tương thân tương ái (相親相愛)
- ưu ái (憂愛)
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
ái
- (slang) homosexual; gay
SynonymsEdit
InterjectionEdit
ái!
- (onomatopoeia) ow; ouch
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- "ái" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)