| 同情 | tóng qíng | to sympathize with / sympathy |   |
| 慰问 | wèi wèn | to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc | |
| 人道 | rén dào | human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse | |
| 煽情 | shān qíng | to stir up emotion / to arouse sympathy / moving | |
| 兔死狐悲 | tù sǐ hú bēi | lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress | |
| 安富恤穷 | ān fù xù qióng | to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) | |
| 安富恤贫 | ān fù xù pín | to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) | |
| 芝焚蕙叹 | zhī fén huì tàn | lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress | |
| 鳄鱼眼泪 | è yú yǎn lèi | crocodile tears / fig. hypocritical words of sympathy | |
| 一掬同情之泪 | yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi | to shed tears of sympathy (idiom) | |
| 情有独锺 | qíng yǒu dú zhōng | to have a feeling for sth (affection, sympathy, passion etc) | |
| 讨拍 | tǎo pāi | (Tw) (coll.) to seek sympathy | |
