Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified

dust/dirt/angstrom/phonetic ai or e

Hanzi

Pinyin

āi, zhì

Bopomofo

ㄞ, ㄓˋ

Jyutping

aai1

Example sentences

下雨後,路面沒有塵埃飛揚。
下雨后,路面没有尘埃飞扬。

After it rained, no dust rose from the road surface.

āi
這裡很久沒人住了,到處都是塵埃。
这里很久没人住了,到处都是尘埃。

No one has lived here for a long time; there is dust everywhere.

金字塔 jīnzìtǎ
埃及的金字塔是世界著名的歷史遺跡。
埃及的金字塔是世界著名的历史遗迹。

The pyramids of Egypt are world-famous historical sites.

Example Vocabulary

埃及

塵埃

chen2'ai1

dust; fine dirt in the air

ai1

dust; fine dirt; angstrom (unit)

埃塞俄比亞

埃弗頓

埃文斯

皮埃爾

出埃及記

勞埃德

埃克托

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