埃 (Āi): dust, dirt
埃 (Āi) is a Chinese character meaning “dust.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 土 (earth). It ranks #1051 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- dust
- dirt
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 埃及 | āi jí | Egypt |
| 埃文 | āi wén | Evan |
| 埃德蒙 | āi dé méng | (name) Edmund |
| 埃塞俄比亚 | āi sài é bǐ yà | Ethiopia |
| 劳埃德 | láo āi dé | Lloyd (name) |
| 尘埃 | chén āi | dust |
| 埃德 | āi dé | Ed (name - Eduard) |
| 皮埃尔 | pí āi ěr | (name) Pierre |
| 埃德加 | āi dé jiā | Edgar (name) |
| 埃琳娜 | āi lín nà | Elena (name) |
| 尘埃落定 | chén āi luò dìng | lit. the dust has settled (idiom) |
| 埃米尔 | āi mǐ ěr | (loanword) emir |
| 苏维埃 | sū wéi āi | Soviet (council) |
| 埃文斯 | āi wén sī | Evans |
| 里维埃拉 | lǐ wéi āi lā | riviera (loanword) |
埃 appears in 93 compound words: 71 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Showing 5 of 6 idioms containing 埃.
Example Sentences
埃地改革让农民有了自己的田地。
Āi dì gǎi gé ràng nóng mín yǒu le zì jǐ de tián dì .
Land reform gave farmers their own fields.
埃森哲第二季度业绩超预期但股价下跌 因盈利...
Āi sēn zhé dì èr jì dù yè jì chāo yù qī dàn gǔ jià xià diē yīn yíng lì . . .
Accenture's second-quarter results beat expectations, but its stock price fell due to profits...
埃森哲第二季业绩胜预期但盈利指引令人失望 ...
Āi sēn zhé dì èr jì yè jì shèng yù qī dàn yíng lì zhǐ yǐn lìng rén shī wàng . . .
Accenture's second-quarter results beat expectations, but its profit guidance was disappointing ...
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. . . fù bù dǎ 烊 huà láng lián fù liáng yù 瑄 zuò pǐn rú wù de chén Āi
...The Never-Closing Gallery】Lianfu / Liang Yuxuan’s Work “Dust Like Mist”
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