欸乃

ǎinǎi
(onom.) (literary) the creaking of a stern-mounted oar

CEDICT

onomatopoeic literary

Entry Composition

1 欸 ǎi
  1. (Tw) (literary) to rebuke loudly
  2. (Tw) (literary) to sigh
  3. used in 欸乃 ǎinǎi
=2 乃 nǎi
  1. to be
  2. thus
  3. so
  4. therefore
  5. then
  6. only
  7. thereupon
=2 乃 nǎi variant of 乃 nǎi