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ái-ī-làng 愛爾蘭 Ireland.
ái-ìng-ṳ̀-gī 愛人如己 to love your neighbor as yourself.
ái-káik-sṳ̆-guǒng 愛克司光 X-rays.
ái-kĭng 愛鄉 my sweetheart, my beloved, (liông-ái).
âi-lĭk 愛力 chemical affinity; affinity in general.
ái-mìng-ṳ̀-cṳ̄ 愛民如子 to love the people as sons.
ái-muô 愛慕 fond of; e.g., persons, etc.
ái-sék 愛惜 to regard or deem highly.
ái-sék-guŏng-ĭng 愛惜光陰 to make the most of one's time.
ái-tǎ-ciō-ngiê 愛他主義 altruism (lé-tă).
ái-ŭk 愛物 to be careful of an article.
ái an exclamation.
ái-à 曖吓 an ejaculation, expressing pain or severe labor.
ái cloudy, obscure.
ái-ái 曖曖 dull, obscured, as the moon.
ái-muôi (cìng-sê̤ṳ) 曖昧(情事) fornication.
ái (ngái) 阝阜 a pass, a defile.
ái dimness of sight, to see indistinctly.
ái a cloudy sky, obscure, cloudy.
ái-dâi 靉靆 dull and cloudy.
ái like, similar, to pant.
ái a girl, (lêng-ái).
ài (ǎi) 唉欵 an ejaculation of surprise, a prohibitory exclamation, stop! don't.
áik 扌手 扼㧖 to press the hand upon, placed.
áik-áik 扼扼 press down.
áik-biēng 扼扁 to flatten by pressure.
áik-chiòng-áik-biáh 扼牆扼壁 to support oneself by pressing hands against walls.
áik-dĕ̤ng-nē̤-kó̤ 扼冬那去 where has it been put?
áik-giĕng-tàu 扼肩頭 to lay the hand on one's shoulder.
áik-gīng 扼繄 to press tightly.
áik-gīng-bié 扼緊〇 to run with all one's might.
áik-lŏ̤h 扼落 to press down.
áik-puái 扼破 broken by pressure.
áik-uǎng 扼彎 to make crooked.