ㄞ
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ㄞ
- type: diphthong rhyme
- general transliteration: ai
- keyboard key: 9
Descendants edit
Chinese edit
Glyph origin edit
Derived from 𠀅 (hài), a historic form of 亥 (hài) (Mandarin: hài) "12th earthly branch".
Etymology edit
Derived from 亥 (hài) (Mandarin: hài) "12th earthly branch".
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
- 26th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
- 40th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet
Phoneme edit
- (general) Sound IPA(key): /aɪ̯/
(Pinyin: ai), which is present in Chinese apart from Wu dialects. - (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀaɪ̯/
(Pinyin: ai) - (casual speech) Sound IPA(key): /ae/ or IPA(key): /æɪ/ (Pinyin: ai)
- (casual speech when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀae/ or IPA(key): /ˀæɪ/ (Pinyin: ai)
- (Hokkien when in a syllable that starts with a nasal consonant (ㄇ, ㄋ, ㄫ, or ㄬ)) Sound IPA(key): /ãɪ̯̃/ (Pinyin: ai)
References edit
- 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
- Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf
Northern Qiandong Miao edit
Letter edit
- 35th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.
Phoneme edit
References edit
- Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198