唉
āiài HSK7

alas

唉 āi
[response]
Used to answer a call or show that one has heard someone; yes; right.
alas
Used to express a sigh or mild sadness
[exclamation]
Used as a mild exclamation to show surprise or to get someone's attention.
to admonish
(literary) To warn or admonish; used similarly to 誋 jì
唉 ài
oh no
Used to express strong sentiment, sympathy, disappointment, or regret
yes
Used to express agreement, recognition, or approval

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Same as

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,091st most common 32.4 per million
Movie subtitles
2,048th most common 17.9 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
24.8 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
56.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+5509

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