哎
āiáiǎiài HSK7

interjection of surprise

哎 āi frequency
hey interjection
Interjection used to attract attention, call out to someone, or give a warning; also expresses surprise or dissatisfaction.

哎，你好久没回家啦。

āi, nǐ hǎo​jiǔ méi huí jiā la.

Hey, you haven't come home for ages.

[filler]
A rhythmic filler used in the middle of a line to soften the tone, common in traditional Chinese opera lyrics
哎 ái
[surprise/reminder]
Used to express surprise or astonishment; also used when suddenly remembering something to tell someone.
哎 ǎi
[disapproval]
Used to express dissatisfaction, disapproval, or disagreement.
哎 ài
oh
Used to express regret, annoyance, or remorse.
yes
Used to signal agreement, acknowledgement, or a response to a call.

Cross-References

Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,294th most common 25.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,634th most common 35.5 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
29.9 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
74.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+54CE

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)