誒

See also: 唉 and 诶

Translingual

Han character

誒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈人大 (YRIOK), four-corner 0363₄, composition ⿰訁矣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1161, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35513
• Dae Jaweon: page 1626, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3980, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8A92

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Chinese

trad.		誒
simp.		诶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唉	*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭	*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨	*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟	*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ê̄, ēi (ê¹, ei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄝ, ㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ê̄
    • Zhuyin: ㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ê
    • Wade–Giles: eh¹
    • Yale: ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: è
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ei
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹
    • Yale: ēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ei
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誒

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 欸 (ê̄, ēi, “an interjection calling attention”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ế, éi (ê², ei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄝˊ, ㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ế
    • Zhuyin: ㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ế
    • Wade–Giles: eh²
    • Yale: é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: èr
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: éi
    • Zhuyin: ㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: éi
    • Wade–Giles: ei²
    • Yale: éi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eir
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誒

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 欸 (ế, éi, “an interjection expressing surprise”).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ê̌, ěi (ê³, ei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄝˇ, ㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ê̌
    • Zhuyin: ㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ê̌
    • Wade–Giles: eh³
    • Yale: ě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: èè
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɛ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěi
    • Wade–Giles: ei³
    • Yale: ěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eei
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誒

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 欸 (ê̌, ěi, “an interjection expressing disapproval”).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ề, èi (ê⁴, ei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄝˋ, ㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): e⁶ / ei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ề
    • Zhuyin: ㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ề
    • Wade–Giles: eh⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: èh
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èi
    • Zhuyin: ㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èi
    • Wade–Giles: ei⁴
    • Yale: èi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ey
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: e⁶ / ei⁶
    • Yale: eh / eih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: e⁶ / ei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: é⁶ / éi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛː²²/, /ei̯²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誒

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 欸 (ề, èi, “an interjection expressing agreement or promise”).

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xi

Rime
Character	誒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許其切
Baxter	xi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/
Li Rong	/xiə/
Wang Li	/xĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	誒
Reading #	1/1
No.	14948
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誒

1. ^† Template:zh-synonym
2. ^† forced smile

References

• “誒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

誒

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. an exclamation of confirmation

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), かい (kai), あい (ai), い (i)
• Kun: ああ (aa)

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Korean

Hanja

誒 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

1. sigh

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Vietnamese

Han character

誒: Hán Việt readings: ái

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