ai ai

See also: aiai, ai-ai, ái'ái, and ài'ài

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of ai (“who”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧ ʔaːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧ ʔaːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧ ʔaːj˧˧]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Pronoun

ai ai

(literary) everyone, everybody

Synonyms

See also

nơi nơi (“everywhere”)
ngày ngày (“every day”)
đêm đêm (“every night”)

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