āi 
		dust
dirt
Angstrom or Ångström, unit of length equal to 10^-10 meters
phonetic ai or e
abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ái è 
		to go hungry
to endure starvation
famished
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xíng yì 
		derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")