ai dè
Pronunciation
Northern
/aːj˧˧ zɛ̤˨˩/
Central
/aːj˧˥ jɛ˧˧/
Southern
/aːj˧˧ jɛ˨˩/
who knew
2 senses
2 Components
Interjection
who knew
Interjection
who knew
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Sense 1
Interjection
who knew
Discourse & Logic
An interjection used to express surprise when something unexpected happens that contradicts what was originally thought.
vi Tôi cứ tưởng là khó, ai dè lại đơn giản như vậy.
en I thought it was difficult, but who knew it would be so simple.
Sense 2
Interjection
who knew
This expression is used to emphasize great surprise at a result or event that no one anticipated.
vi Kết quả thật bất ngờ, ai dè đội chúng tôi lại giành chiến thắng.
en The result was surprising; who knew our team would win.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
埃𠽮
Candidates by syllable
ai
埃
dè
𠽮
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.