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{{also|guài|gùai|guaì|guāi|guǎi}}
==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{attention|ca|intermediate steps before Gothic?}}{{der|ca|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹||woe!}}, from {{der|ca|gem-pro|*wai}}. Compare {{cog|la|vae}}, which likewise descends from {{der|ca|ine-pro|*wai}}.

====Interjection====
{{head|ca|interjection|head=guai!}}

# [[woe]]!
#: {{syn|ca|ai}}

===Etymology 2===
Compare {{cog|es|guay|id=cool}}.

====Adjective====
{{ca-adj|mf}}

# {{lb|ca|slang}} [[cool]], [[terrific]]
#: {{syn|ca|collonut|fantàstic|súper}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Italian==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|guài}}

====Interjection====
{{head|it|interjection}}

# [[woe]]!
#* {{quote-book|it
|year=c. 1226
|author=w:Francis of Assisi
|title=Cantico delle creature
|trans-title={{w|Canticle of the Sun|Canticle of the Creatures}}
|url=https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:Cantico_delle_Creature.djvu
|page=2
|pageurl=https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagina:Cantico_delle_Creature.djvu/2
|publisher=Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco
|passage='''Guai''' acquelli ke morrano ne le peccata mortali. beati quelli ke trovarane le tue santissime voluntati
|translation='''Woe''' to those who die in mortal sin. Blessed be those who find themselves in your most holy will}}
#* {{quote-book
|it
|author=w:Dante Alighieri
|title=[[w:Inferno (Dante)|La divina commedia: Inferno]]
|trans-title=The Divine Comedy: Hell
|format=paperback
|edition=12th
|publisher=Le Monnier
|year=1321
|year_published=1994
|page=42
|chapter=Canto Ⅲ
|trans-chapter=Canto 3
|lines=84–87
|text={{...}} '''Guai''' a voi, anime prave!</br>Non isperate mai veder lo cielo:</br>i' vegno per menarvi a l'altra riva</br>ne le tenebre etterne, in caldo e 'n gelo.
|t='''Woe''' to you, o depraved souls! Do not hope to ever see heaven: I come to lead you to the other bank, to the eternal darkness, in heat and in frost.}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|guà.i}}

====Noun====
{{head|it|noun form|g=m-p}}

# {{plural of|it|guaio|gloss=trouble}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:it:Trec}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=agiu|augi}}

==Iu Mien==

===Adjective===
{{ium-adj}}

# [[clever]], [[smart]], [[intelligent]]

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|ぐあい}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|guāi}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|guǎi}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|guài}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
From {{der|pt|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹||woe}}, from {{der|pt|gem-pro|*wai}}, both from {{der|pt|ine-pro|*wai}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}

===Interjection===
{{head|pt|intj}}

# {{lb|pt|obsolete}} [[woe]]! {{gloss|expresses grief}}
#: {{syn|pt|ai}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pt:Infopédia}}