哉

zāi

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1. (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

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悲 哉 失敗者!

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 816947)

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Words Containing 哉

• 优哉游哉 优哉游哉 yōu zāi yóu zāi: see 悠哉悠哉[yōu zāi yōu zāi]
• 善哉 善哉 shàn zāi: excellent
• 呜呼哀哉 呜呼哀哉 wū hū āi zāi: alas
• 幸甚至哉 幸甚至哉 xìng shèn zhì zāi: filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[cáo cāo])
• 悠哉 悠哉 yōu zāi: see 悠哉悠哉[yōu zāi yōu zāi]
• 悠哉悠哉 悠哉悠哉 yōu zāi yōu zāi: free and unconstrained (idiom)
• 悠哉游哉 悠哉游哉 yōu zāi yóu zāi: see 悠哉悠哉[yōu zāi yōu zāi]
• 圣哉经 圣哉经 shèng zāi jīng: Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)