ái

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
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敳
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溰／𰛥
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癊
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癌
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騃／𫘤
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㱯
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䶣／𬺃, 𬺃
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠊎
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𤸳
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𦩴
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𧪚
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩂢
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩪂
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩮖
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𪺾
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫨾

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”)

From Chinese 愛／爱 (ài).

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

ái (愛)

1. to like; to desire

   门亲愛故許都

   Mòn thân ái cổ hẩư đo

   A child must great care of his/her parents' needs.

2. to want; to desire; to wish

   ái pây liêu ― to want to go out

   Ái chin mác rèo năm mạy.

   One must grow a plant if one wishes to eat its fruits.

   愛昼𫢍贤勤占𲁂𪦸

   Ái rụ cần hiền cần chiêm slửa lục

   If one wants to know how kind a child's mother is, one needs to look at the shirts he/she is wearing

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 mì 500 cần ― There are nearly 500 people

• 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]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˦˥]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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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

Clipping of ái nam ái nữ

ái

1. (slang) homosexual; gay

• pê-đê; bóng

ái!

1. (onomatopoeia) ow; ouch

• ai da; ui da

• "ái" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)