欸乃

Chinese

			to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
simp. and trad. (欸乃)		欸	乃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎinǎi, ǎo'ǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ㄋㄞˇ, ㄠˇ ㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai² naai⁵ / oi² naai⁵ / ai² naai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎinǎi [Phonetic: áinǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ㄋㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎinǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ai³-nai³
    • Yale: ǎi-nǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aenae
    • Palladius: айнай (ajnaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo'ǎi [Phonetic: áoǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˇ ㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo-ǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ao³-ai³
    • Yale: ǎu-ǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aoae
    • Palladius: аоай (aoaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai² naai⁵ / oi² naai⁵ / ai² naai⁵
    • Yale: áai náaih / ói náaih / ái náaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai² naai⁵ / oi² naai⁵ / ai² naai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai² nai⁵ / oi² nai⁵ / ei² nai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³⁵ naːi̯¹³/, /ɔːi̯³⁵ naːi̯¹³/, /ɐi̯³⁵ naːi̯¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 欸乃

1. (literary, onomatopoeic) The creak of an oar while rowing.
2. (literary, onomatopoeic) The sound of a boatman singing while rowing a boat.
3. (literary, onomatopoeic) The sound of melodious singing.