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ái

1. ouch! Synonyms: æ, áts, á

ái m (genitive singular áa, nominative plural áar)

1. (archaic) ancestor, forefather, forebear

• “ái” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

• ai — nonstandard

ái (ai2, Zhuyin ㄞˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皚 / 皑, 凒
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呆
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啀
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘊
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵦
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挨
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捱
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敱
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12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癌
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ái

1. obsolete spelling of ááyi

From Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“forefather, ancestor”).

ái m (genitive á, plural ár)

1. great-grandfather

• ánasótt (“decrepitude”)

• afi (“grandfather”)
• edda (“great-grandmother”)

• (Thạch An - Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˦]

From Chinese 愛 / 爱 (ài). Compare Muong hảo for similar developments.

ái (Nôm form 愛)

1. to like; to want ái pây liêu ― to want to go out

ái

1. (future marker) about to ái thâng nèn ― Tet is about to come

ái

1. near; close ái thâng rườn ― to come near home

ái

1. almost; nearly ái thai ― almost dead

From Chinese 隘.

ái (Nôm form 隘)

1. strategic pass

ái

1. fence lọm ai ― fences pác tu ai ― fence gate

• Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006), Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910), Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˦˥]
• Audio (Hà Nội):(file)
• Audio (Saigon):(file)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 愛 (“to love; love”).

ái

1. (sinicized, slang, humorous) to love

• This usage is found strictly in the "Vietnamized" version ngộ ái nị of the Cantonese phrase 我愛你 / 我爱你 (ngo5 oi3 nei5, “I love you”)

• yêu
• thương

ái

1. (chiefly in compounds) love

ái

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 愛

Clipping of ái nam ái nữ.

ái

1. (slang) homosexual; gay

• pê-đê; bóng

ái!

1. (onomatopoeia) ow; ouch Synonyms: úi, á, ai da, ui da