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埃
Mandarin · pinyin āi#
Meanings · āi
- dust
- dirt
- angstrom
- phonetic ai or e
Mandarin · pinyin Āi#
Meanings · Āi
- abbr. for Egypt 埃及 Āi jí or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞 Āi sài é bǐ yà
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- 埃
- āi · fine dust, dirt
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Mandarin tones
1 · ai1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
aai1 · oi1
Cantonese word readings for 埃. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- fine dust, dirt
- (obsolete) the number 10⁻¹⁰; one ten-billionth
character · Etymology 2
- Used in transcription.
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 埃及 (Āijí, “Egypt”)
character · Etymology 3
- angstrom
character · Etymology 4
- (Shanghainese) that
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