zāi

See also: zai, zài, zǎi, and za'i

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• zê
• sê

Etymology

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zai/, /zɛi/

Pronoun

zāi (object hœr, possessive hœr)

1. she

Inflection

Jersey Dutch personal pronouns

	subject	subject	object	object	possessive	possessive	possessive
	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	äk	'k	māi	me, mê	māin	māi	māine
2nd person	jāi	je	jāu	je	jāu	je	jāue
3rd person masculine	hāi	he	häm	h'm		z'n
3rd person feminine	zāi	ze	hœr	h'r	hœr	h'r	hœre
3rd person neuter	hät	it	hät	it		z'n
1st person plural	wāi	we, wê	on̈s, on̈z		on̈s, on̈z, on̈ze		on̈ze
2nd person plural	jœlli	je	jœlli	je	jœlli	je	jœlliz
3rd person plural	hœlli, zāi	ze		se	hœlli		hœlliz

Mandarin

Romanization

zāi (zai¹, Zhuyin ㄗㄞ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哉
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栽
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渽
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 災 / 灾
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烖 / 灾
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 甾
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菐
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賳
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 輈 / 辀
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菑
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𢦏