艾 ài
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ài
proper noun
Ai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '艾' n 4) -
ài
noun
Chinese mugwort; wormwood; artemesia
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Botany
Notes: Species: Artemisia vulgaris; also a general name for mint-like plants; see 艾草 (Guoyu '艾' n 1; Kroll 2015 '艾' 1; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3; NCCED 1 '艾'; Unihan '艾') -
ài
noun
an old person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 老人, especially an old person with gray hair; may be interpreted as over 50 years old (Guoyu '艾' n 2; Kroll 2015 '艾' 2a; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3; NCCED 2 '艾') -
ài
noun
a beautiful person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 漂亮的人 (Guoyu '艾' n 3; Kroll 2015 '艾' 5; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3; NCCED 1 '艾') -
ài
verb
to stop; to finish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 停止 (Guoyu '艾' v 1; Kroll 2015 '艾' 3; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3; NCCED 3 '艾') -
ài
verb
to train; to cultivate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 培养 (Guoyu '艾' v 2; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3) -
yì
verb
to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 乂 (Guoyu '艾' yì) -
ài
verb
to stutter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '艾' 6; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3) -
ài
verb
to nurture; to protect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '艾' 4; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3) -
ài
verb
to recompense
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3) -
ài
adjective
pale green
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The color of mugwort leaves (Kroll 2015 '艾' 2; Mathews 1931 '艾' p. 3)
Contained in
- 艾旗招福 mugwort flag brings luck
- 艾服 fifty years old ; an appointment to an important post ; prison clothes
- 艾玛纽埃尔(艾瑪紐埃爾) Emmanuel / Emmanuelle (name)
- 艾炷 moxa cone
- 艾萨克(艾薩克) Isaac (name)
- 耆艾 an old person ; a master; an experienced expert
- 艾塔 eta (Greek letter Ηη)
- 艾符 an artemisia charm
- 洁西卡·艾芭(潔西卡·艾芭) Jessica Alba, American actress
- 艾滋病毒 human immune deficiency virus (HIV); the AIDS virus
- 艾鼬 steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii)
- 期期艾艾 stammering
- 艾兹病(艾茲病) AIDS
- 方滋未艾 flourishing and still in the ascendant; rapidly expanding; still growing strong; on the up
- 苦艾酒 absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
- 艾叶油(艾葉油) mugwort leaf oil (TCM); also called wormwood leaf oil; Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi
- 艾滋 AIDS ; see also 愛滋病|爱滋病
- 艾迪 Eddie
- 兰艾同焚(蘭艾同焚) to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds; to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
- 艾实(艾實) mugwort fruit (TCM); also called fruit of argyi wormwood; Fructus Artemisiae argyi
- 艾迪卡拉 Ediacaran
- 夜末艾 the night is not finished
- 艾老 a person who is 50 years of age
- 艾耆 a person who is between 50 and 60 years of age
- 艾瑞巴蒂 everybody
- 艾条灸(艾條灸) stick moxibustion; poling (TCM)
- 防艾 protecting against AIDS
- 艾安 peaceful
- 蕲艾(蘄艾) Crossostephium chinense
- 艾炷灸 cone moxibustion (TCM)
- 杰西卡·艾尔芭(傑西卡·艾爾芭) Jessica Alba, American actress
- 未艾 (literary) not having come to its term
- 艾滋病抗体(艾滋病抗體) AIDS antibody
Also contained in
万艾可 、 艾德蒙顿 、 艾奇逊 、 艾尔米塔奇 、 上艾瑟尔 、 艾迪生 、 艾赛克斯 、 艾哈迈迪内贾德 、 艾奥瓦州 、 艾萨克·牛顿 、 艾省 、 艾比湖 、 托马斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特 、 艾美奖 、 艾伯塔 、 艾尔伯塔 、 大卫·艾登堡 、 艾哈迈达巴德
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- 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 120
- 第一百十七回 Chapter 117 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 65
- 第一百十八回 Chapter 118 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 46
- 第一百十三回 Chapter 113 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 39
- 卷四十八 列傳第十八 向雄 段灼 閻纘 Volume 48 Biographies 18: Xiang Xiong; Duan Zhuo; Yan Zuan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 30
- 第一百十五回 Chapter 115 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 28
- 第一百十四回 Chapter 114 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 27
- 第一百十九回 Chapter 119 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 26
- 第一百十一回 Chapter 111 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 25
- 卷三十六 列傳第六 衞瓘 張華 Volume 36 Biographies 6: Wei Guan; Zhang Hua Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 21
Collocations
- 艾陵 (艾陵) 齊國書帥師及吳戰于艾陵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 17
- 刘艾 (劉艾) 使侍中劉艾出讓有司 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷九 孝獻帝紀 Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Xiaoxian — count: 13
- 邓艾 (鄧艾) 以長水校尉鄧艾行安西將軍 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 8
- 惩艾 (懲艾) 推己懲艾 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樂書》 Music — count: 7
- 横艾 (橫艾) 橫艾淹茂太始元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《歷書》 Calendars — count: 7
- 斩艾 (斬艾) 斬艾百姓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 6
- 俊艾 (俊艾) 俊艾將自至 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十四下 嚴朱吾丘主父徐嚴終王賈傳 Volume 64b: an, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang and Jia 2 — count: 5
- 子艾 (子艾) 黃允字子艾 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十八 郭符許列傳 Volume 68: Biographies of Guo, Fu, Xu — count: 5
- 艾民 (艾民) 則是下艾民 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重甲第八十 Chapter 80: Weight I — count: 4
- 萧艾 (蕭艾) 膏夏紫芝與蕭艾俱死 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二 俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 4