created reference approved 哉 → 了 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哉 zāi
了 le
same_as
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created reference approved 哉 → 始 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哉 zāi
始 shǐ
same_as
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created sense approved 哉 · zāi · [classical exclamation] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哉
zāi
[classical exclamation]
Classical particle used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation or strong emotion, as in [[大哉|大哉|da4 zai1]] or [[呜呼哀哉|嗚呼哀哉|wu1 hu1 ai1 zai1]]
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created sense approved 哉 · zāi · [perfective/change of state] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哉
zāi
[perfective/change of state]
In Wu dialects such as Shanghainese, used at the end of a sentence to show that an action is finished or a state has changed, equivalent to [[了|了|le5]]
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created sense approved 哉 · zāi · [classical question] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哉
zāi
[classical question]
Classical particle used at the end of a sentence to mark a question or rhetorical question, as in [[何足道哉|何足道哉|he2 zu2 dao4 zai1]]
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created sense approved 哉 · zāi · surname — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哉
zāi
surname
A Chinese surname
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created sense approved 哉 · zāi · to begin — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哉
zāi
to begin
In classical Chinese, to start or begin; equivalent to [[始|始|shi3]]
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