(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊), an exclamatory particle
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, Puxian-Min
Possessive particle.
character, literary
Sentence-internal or final exclamatory particle.
Definitions (Unihan)
exclamatory particle
Cangjie Input
CMVS
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
巧笑倩兮
巧笑倩兮
haau2 siu3 sin6 hai4
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Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
坎坎伐檀兮，寘之河之干兮，河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
坎坎伐檀兮，寘之河之干兮，河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
kan － kan ｇｏ ｈｉｓ ｂｌｏｗｓ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｓａｎｄａｌ ｔｒｅｅｓ ，
And he places what he hews on the river's bank, Whose waters flow clear and rippling.
Mandarin
𥐻崩崖溺兮，何革命之斯须？
碙崩崖溺兮，何革命之斯須？
gāng bēng yá nì xī ， hé gé mìng zhī sī xū ？
The hills are collapsing and the cliffs are drowning; is it a moment for dynastic change?
Mandarin
不稼不穑，胡取禾三百廛兮？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionBù jià bù sè, hú qǔ hé sānbǎi chán xī? [Pinyin]
不稼不穑，胡取禾三百廛兮？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionBù jià bù sè, hú qǔ hé sānbǎi chán xī? [Pinyin]
you ｓｏｗ ｎｏｔ ｎｏｒ ｒｅａｐ ； －
How do you get the produce of those three hundred farms?