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Meaning of 哉

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哉
Pinyin: zāi
English Definition: (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
Chinese Definition:
①文言语气助词(a。表疑问或反诘,相当于“吗”,“呢”,如“何哉?”“有何难哉?”b。表感叹,相当于“啊”,如“快哉!”)。
②古同“才”,开始。
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 口
Pictophonetic:合 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿹ Surround from upper right
    • 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
Similar Characters: 烖
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Example Sentences
1
对于投资人而言
,
这可是个大哉问
。
For investors, that's a big "if."
2
大哉问
,
我希望我有时间可以加以回答
。
Big question. I hope I have time to answer it.
3
曰
:
“
夫道
,
若大路然
,
岂难知哉
?
Mencius replied, 'The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it.
4
基甸见他是耶和华的使者
,
就说
:
\"
哀哉
。
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he exclaimed, "Ah, Sovereign LORD!
5
就把他的尸身葬在自己的坟墓里
,
哀哭他
,
说
,
哀哉
。
我兄阿
。
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, 'Oh, my brother!'