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哉 (zāi): Final exclamatory particle — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

1.

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2.

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3.

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4.

Related Words: 哉

善哉 • shàn zāi • Excellent! / Well done!
shàn善
zāi哉

Excellent! / Well done!

妙哉 • miào zāi • Wonderful! / How marvelous!
miào妙
zāi哉

Wonderful! / How marvelous!

快哉 • kuài zāi • How delightful! / What joy!
kuài快
zāi哉

How delightful! / What joy!

悠哉 • yōu zāi • Leisurely and carefree
yōu悠
zāi哉

Leisurely and carefree

5.

Example Sentences

tā他
tuì退
xiū休
hòu后
guò过
zhe着
yōu悠
zāi哉
de的
shēng生
huó活
。

He lives a leisurely life after retirement.

gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yǐ以
“
shàn善
zāi哉
”
biǎo
gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yòng用
“
miào妙
zāi哉
”
lái
tīng听
dào到
zhè这
ge个
hǎo好
xiāo消
xī息
，
tā
tīng听
jūn君
yì一
xí席
huà话
，
zhēn真
shì是
miào

Information

Pinyinzāi
Meaningfinal exclamatory particle
Strokes9
Radical口
Traditional哉
StructureTop-Right-Enclosure
Frequency#2758
Zhuyinㄗㄞ
UnicodeU+54C9
CangjieJIR
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表
shì示
zàn赞
tàn叹
。

Ancient people often used "shanzai" to express admiration.

来
biǎo表
dá达
duì对
měi美
hǎo好
shì事
wù物
de的
zàn赞
tàn叹
。

Ancient people often used "Wonderful!" to express admiration for beautiful things.

他
bù不
jīn禁
gǎn感
tàn叹
：
“
shàn善
zāi哉
！
”
。

Hearing this good news, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Excellent!"

妙
zāi哉
miào妙
zāi哉
！

Listening to your words, it's truly wonderful!

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Characters pronounced "zai".

  • 崽zǎia child, a servant; a diminutive
  • 栽zāito plant, to grow
  • 在zàiin; at; on
  • 灾zāicalamity, disaster, catastrophe
  • 仔zǎismall thing, careful, or young animal
  • 载zǎito carry, to record, or a year
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "口".

  • 嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
  • 喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
  • 喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
  • 嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
  • 咯gēfinal particle
  • 嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent
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