Ai is one of the letters of the Chinese Zhuyin alphabet. It can act separately, but it is mainly used as a finale (Chinese 韵母 - yinmu).
| Zhuyin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ㄦ | ㄢ | ㄞ | ㄚ | ㄗ | ㄓ | ㄐ | ㄍ | ㄉ | ㄅ | |
| ㄧ | ㄣ | ㄟ | ㄛ | ㄘ | ㄔ | ㄑ | ㄎ | ㄊ | ㄆ | |
| ㄨ | ㄤ | ㄠ | ㄜ | ㄙ | ㄕ | ㄒ | ㄏ | ㄋ | ㄇ | |
| ㄩ | ㄥ | ㄡ | ㄝ | ㄖ | ㄌ | ㄈ | ||||
In the standard putonghua "Ai" is involved in the formation of 24 syllables:
| ㄞ - ah | ㄓ ㄞ - Zhai | ㄔ ㄞ - tea | ㄓ ㄨ ㄞ - Zhuai |
| ㄔ ㄨ ㄞ - chuay | ㄏ ㄞ - high | ㄏ ㄨ ㄞ - huay | ㄍ ㄞ - guy |
| ㄎ ㄞ - kai | ㄍ ㄨ ㄞ - guai | ㄎ ㄨ ㄞ - Qui | ㄌ ㄞ - barking |
| ㄇ ㄞ - May | ㄋ ㄞ - nai | ㄅ ㄞ - buy | ㄆ ㄞ - share |
| ㄙ ㄞ - sai | ㄕ ㄞ - shay | ㄕ ㄨ ㄞ - shuai | ㄉ ㄞ - give |
| ㄊ ㄞ - tai | ㄗ ㄞ - chai | ㄘ ㄞ - Tsai | ㄨ ㄞ - wai |