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Definitions

  1. 1. Chinese mugwort or wormwood
  2. 2. moxa
  3. 3. to stop or cut short
  4. 4. phonetic \ai\ or \i\

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米還沒寫過信。
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Words Containing 艾

艾滋病
ài zī bìng

AIDS (loanword)

上艾瑟尔
shàng ài sè ěr

Overijssel

杰西卡·艾尔芭
jié xī kǎ · ài ěr bā

Jessica Alba, American actress

大卫·艾登堡
dà wèi · ài dēng bǎo

David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物[dì qiú shàng de shēng wù]

少艾
shào ài

young and pretty

布宜诺斯艾利斯
bù yí nuò sī ài lì sī

Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina

怨艾
yuàn yì

to resent

托马斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特
tuō mǎ sī · sì tè ēn sī · ài lüe4 tè

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), English poet

方滋未艾
fāng zī wèi ài

flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding

方兴未艾
fāng xīng wèi ài

flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding

期期艾艾
qī qī ài ài

stammering (idiom)

未艾
wèi ài

(literary) not having come to its term

洁西卡·艾芭
jié xī kǎ · ài bā

Jessica Alba, American actress

自怨自艾
zì yuàn zì yì

to be full of remorse

自艾自怜
zì ài zì lián

to feel sorry for oneself

艾丁湖
ài dīng hú

Ayding Lake (Aydingkol) in Xinjiang

艾伯塔
ài bó tǎ

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[āi dé méng dùn]

艾冬花
ài dōng huā

Flos Farfarae

艾卷
ài juǎn

moxa cigar

艾哈迈德
ài hǎ mài dé

Ahmed (name)

艾哈迈迪内贾德
ài hā mài dí nèi jiǎ dé

Ahmadinejad or Ahmadinezhad (Persian name)

艾哈迈达巴德
ài hā mài dá bā dé

Ahmedabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特[gǔ jí lā tè]

艾塔
ài tǎ

eta (Greek letter Ηη)

艾奇逊
ài qí xùn

Atchison or Acheson (name)

艾奥瓦
ài ào wǎ

Iowa, US state

艾奥瓦州
ài ào wǎ zhōu

Iowa, US state

艾实
ài shí

(TCM) fruit of Chinese mugwort (Artemisia argyi), aka fruit of argyi wormwood

艾弥尔
ài mí ěr

Emile (name)

艾德蒙顿
ài dé méng dùn

Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada

艾扑西龙
ài pū xī lóng

epsilon (Greek letter Εε)

艾未未
ài wèi wèi

Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism

艾格尼丝·史沫特莱
ài gé ní sī · shǐ mò tè lái

Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side

艾条
ài tiáo

moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)

艾条温和灸
ài tiáo wēn hé jiǔ

gentle stick moxibustion (TCM)

艾条灸
ài tiáo jiǔ

stick moxibustion

艾条雀啄灸
ài tiáo què zhuó jiǔ

\sparrow pecking\ moxibustion technique (TCM)

艾森豪威尔
ài sēn háo wēi ěr

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961

艾比湖
ài bǐ hú

Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in Xinjiang

艾滋
ài zī

AIDS (loanword)

艾滋病毒
ài zī bìng dú

human immune deficiency virus (HIV)

艾滋病病毒
ài zī bìng bìng dú

HIV

艾灸
ài jiǔ

moxibustion (TCM)

艾炭
ài tàn

carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM)

艾炷
ài zhù

moxa cone

艾炷灸
ài zhù jiǔ

cone moxibustion (TCM)

艾尔伯塔
ài ěr bó tǎ

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[āi dé méng dùn]

艾尔米塔什
ài ěr mǐ tǎ shí

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

艾尔米塔奇
ài ěr mǐ tǎ jī

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

艾片
ài piàn

Borneolum Luodian

艾特
ài tè

at symbol, @

艾瑞巴蒂
ài ruì bā dì

(Internet slang) everybody (loanword)

艾玛纽埃尔
ài mǎ niǔ āi ěr

Emmanuel or Emmanuelle (name)

艾登堡
ài dēng bǎo

Attenborough (name)

艾窝窝
ài wō wo

glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling

艾纳香
ài nà xiāng

sambong (Blumea balsamifera)

艾绒
ài róng

moxa floss

艾美奖
ài měi jiǎng

Emmy Award

艾老
ài lǎo

(literary) person aged over fifty

艾兹病
ài zī bìng

AIDS (loanword)

艾草
ài cǎo

Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)

艾菲尔铁塔
ài fēi ěr tiě tǎ

Eiffel Tower

艾叶
ài yè

Folium Artemisiae argyi

艾叶油
ài yè yóu

mugwort leaf oil (TCM)

艾叶炭
ài yè tàn

Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

艾蒿
ài hāo

mugwort (Artemisia)

艾萨克
ài sà kè

Isaac (name)

艾萨克·牛顿
ài sà kè · niú dùn

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist

艾虎
ài hǔ

see 艾鼬[ài yòu]

艾赛克斯
ài sài kè sī

Essex (English county)

艾迪
ài dí

Eddie (name)

艾迪卡拉
ài dí kǎ lā

Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

艾迪生
ài dí shēng

Addison (name)

艾酒
ài jiǔ

wine flavored with Chinese mugwort

艾青
ài qīng

Ai Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet

艾鼬
ài yòu

steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii)

苦艾
kǔ ài

wormwood

苦艾酒
kǔ ài jiǔ

absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)

万艾可
wàn ài kě

Viagra

兰艾同焚
lán ài tóng fén

lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common

防艾
fáng ài

protecting against AIDS