"哀" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 āi sorrow / grief / pity / to grieve for / to pity / to lament / to condole
Results beginning with 哀
 āi shāng grief / distress / bereavement / grieved / heartbroken / dejected
 āi qiú to entreat / to implore / to plead
 āi yuàn grief / resentment / aggrieved / plaintive
 āi chóu sorrow / sadness / distressed / sorrowful
 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning
 āi háo to cry piteously / anguished wailing / same as 哀嚎[ai1 hao2]
 āi háo to howl in grief / anguished wailing / same as 哀號|哀号[ai1 hao2]
 āi tàn to sigh / to lament / to bewail
 āi míng (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine / moan / wail
 āi tòng to grieve / to mourn / deep sorrow / grief
 āi sī grief-stricken thoughts / mourning
 āi yuè funeral music / plaint / dirge
 āi wǎn (esp. of poetry, music) melancholy / sad and moving
 āi gē mournful song / dirge / elegy
 āi lián to feel compassion for / to pity on / to feel sorry for
 āi qī sorrow / grief
 āi tòng to be deeply grieved
 āi gào to beg piteously / to supplicate
 āi qì to wail
 āi yàn plaintive and beautiful / melancholy but gorgeous
 āi róng funeral pomp
 āi cí dirge / lament
 āi cí variant of 哀辭|哀辞[ai1 ci2]
 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
 āi jīn to take pity on / to feel sorry for
 āi kū to weep in sorrow
 āi mǐn to take pity on / to feel sorry for
 Aī Píng joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6 AD)
 āi qǐ obituary (archaic term)
 āi quàn to persuade by all possible means / to implore
 āi shī bereavement
 āi zǐ son orphaned of his mother
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 āi shāng de pathetically
鸿 āi hóng biàn yě lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom) / fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land
 āi bīng bì shèng an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
 āi ér bù shāng deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
 āi gào bīn fú to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom) / to submit
 Aī Jiāng nán fù Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 / mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
齿 āi kū qiè chǐ weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
 āi dì měi dūn shū ultimatum (loanword)
 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
Approximate Results for 哀
 bēi āi grieved / sorrowful
 mò āi to observe a moment of silence in tribute
 zhì āi to express grief / to mourn
 fù āi Abdominal Lament / acupuncture point SP 16
 kě āi miserably
 qī āi desolate / mournful
 zhì āi to pay respects to the dead / to mark sb's passing
 Mò lǐ āi Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
 gū āi zǐ (literary) orphan
 Táng Aī dì Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝[Li3 Zhu4] (892-908), reigned 904-907
 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4]
 wū hū āi zāi alas / all is lost
 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
 qǐ āi gào lián begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
 shēng róng sǐ āi to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
 kǔ kǔ āi qiú to entreat piteously / to implore
 Yē lì mǐ āi gē the Lamentations of Jeremiah
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