ài

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ài – see 愛 (“to love; to treasure; to value; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 愛).

Italian

Verb

ài

1. Obsolete spelling of hai., second-person singular present indicative of avere

Anagrams

• -ia, IA

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ai — nonstandard

Romanization

ài (ai⁴, Zhuyin ㄞˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愛 / 爱
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唉
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礙 / 碍
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艾
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隘
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砹
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曖 / 暧
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬡 / 嫒
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伌
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僾 / 𫣊
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靉 / 叆
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唆
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗋
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噯 / 嗳
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堥
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塧
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壒
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 懓 / 𭞄
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 懝
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戳
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濭
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璦 / 瑷
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皧
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞹
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砨
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砱
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硋
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薆 / 𫉁
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賹 / 𰷪
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑀 / 𰾭
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閝 / 𫠂
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阦
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阵
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餱 / 糇
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴱 / 𱉪
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餲 / 𮩝
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗌

Romagnol

Alternative forms

• àj (Ravenna)

Noun

ài m (plural) (Castel Bolognese)

1. garlic

   Ài zóven ― Unpicked unripe garlic

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• jai, jài (dialectal, iotacized)
• hai (italianized, prestige)
• ai (Eye dialect)

Etymology

From an unattested /ˈaji/, from an earlier /ˈaβji/, ultimately from Latin habēs.

Verb

ài

1. second-person singular present indicative of aviri

Related terms

• àju