ài = Ø + ai4
Chinese mugwort or wormwood / moxa / to stop or cut short / phonetic "ai" or "i" / abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
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= y + Ø4
to mow / to cut / to reap / to redress
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How to pronounce 艾

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= Ø initial

“Ø” (nothing or null) is for Albert Einstein.

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+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

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= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

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+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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艾 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø4
to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow
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cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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Characters with 艾 as component

āi = Ø + ai1
hey! / (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)
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ài = Ø + ai4
astatine (chemistry)
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āi = Ø + ai1
character used in Korea in former times to represent the syllable "ngai"
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Words with 艾

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Eddie (name)
AIDS (loanword)
AIDS (loanword) / see also 愛滋病|爱滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4]

Sentences with 艾

艾 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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ài /

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