English

1. alas, exclamation of surprise or pain
2. interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
3. alas
4. (adverb) Alas
5. sigh, to express grieve, regret or upset
6. to sigh
7. oh dear

粵語

1. 表示哀傷、惋惜或煩惱嘅語氣

Variants

• 欸semantic variant

Words containing 唉

• 唉姐aai1 ze2

  granny (dialect)

• 唉唉aai1 aai1

  (onom.) sighing voice

• 唉唉aai1 aai1

  (onom.) sighing voice

• 唉聲嘆氣aai1 seng1 taan3 hei3

  sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom)

• 唉吔aai1 jaa3

  a cry of pain; an expression of surprise, annoyance, complaint, or sudden realisation

• 唉唉聲aai4 aai2 seng1
• 唉唉聲aai4 aai2 seng1