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艾

ài

Definition

Chinese mugwort
wormwood
moxa
to stop
to cut short
phonetic "ai" or "i"
abbr. for 艾滋病, AIDS

Other pronunciations

yì

to mow
to cut
to reap
to redress

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

hey (!); interjection (used to attract attention or to show surprise or disapprobation); interjection (used to remind someone of something)

astatine (chemistry)

tainted food

meaning of character is unclear, and no known compounds

Related words (31)

moxa cigar; moxa roll (TCM)

mugwort leaf (TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi

eta (Greek letter Ηη)

mugwort fruit (TCM); also called fruit of argyi wormwood; Fructus Artemisiae argyi

moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)

moxibustion (TCM)

carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

moxa cone

preparation obtained from sambong leaves, containing borneol (used in TCM); Borneolum Luodian

at symbol, @

moxa floss

mugwort (Artemisia)

steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii)

coltsfoot flower (used in TCM); Flos Farfarae

mugwort leaf oil (TCM); also called wormwood leaf oil; Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi

carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

stick moxibustion; poling (TCM)

cone moxibustion (TCM)

glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling

sambong (Blumea balsamifera)

ài pū xī lóng

epsilon (Greek letter Εε)

ài zī bìng dú

human immune deficiency virus (HIV); the AIDS virus

艾条温和灸

ài tiáo wēn hé jiǔ

gentle stick moxibustion (TCM)

艾条雀啄灸

ài tiáo què zhuó jiǔ

"sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM)

young and pretty; pretty girl

(literary) not having come to its term

wormwood; Artemisia absinthium

protecting against AIDS

absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)

zì ài zì lián

to feel sorry for oneself

Idioms (4)

lán ài tóng fén

(lit.) to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common; the rain falls on the just and unjust alike

fāng xīng wèi ài

flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong; on the up

fāng zī wèi ài

flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong; on the up

qī qī ài ài

stammering (idiom)

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