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)

1. berate
2. sigh

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi, āi, è, éi, ěi, èi, xī, yī (ei¹, ai¹, e⁴, ei², ei³, ei⁴, xi¹, yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ, ㄞ, ㄜˋ, ㄟˊ, ㄟˇ, ㄟˋ, ㄒㄧ, ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai² / ei⁶ oi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āi
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ai
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹
    • Yale: āi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (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/
      
  • (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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aai² / ei⁶ oi¹
    • Yale: áai / eih ōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai² / ei⁶ oi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai² / éi⁶ oi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³⁵/, /ei̯²² ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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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. hey

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E

Proper noun

誒 (transliteration needed)

1. E (language)

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Japanese

Kanji

誒

(uncommon “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