Chinese Notes

悲 bēi

bēi noun sadness; sorrow; grief
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: pij (Guoyu '悲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '悲' 1)
bēi verb grieved; to be sorrowful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 悲痛 (ABC 'bēi' sv; Ci Yuan '悲' 1; Guoyu '悲' v 1; Kroll 2015 '悲' 2, p. 12; GHC '悲' 1; NCCED '悲' 1)
bēi verb to think fondly of
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 怀念 (GHC '悲' 3; Guoyu '悲' v 2)
bēi verb to pity; to mercy; to have compassion for
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 哀怜 or 怜悯 (Ci Yuan '悲' 2; GHC '悲' 2; Kroll 2015 '悲' 3, p. 12; NCCED '悲' 2)
bēi verb to sigh
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 感叹 or 慨叹 (Guoyu '悲' adj 2)

Contained in

兴尽悲来(興盡悲來) after extreme happiness sorrow arises
老大徒伤悲(老大徒傷悲) vain regrets of old age
悲声载道(悲聲載道) lamentations fill the roads; severe suffering all around
悲悲切切 very sad
慈悲为本(慈悲為本) mercy as the guiding principle; the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
悲愤(悲憤) grieved and indignant
悲壮(悲壯) solemn and stirring; moving and tragic
悲痛 grieved; sorrowful
霸王悲歌 Tragic Song of Bawang
假慈悲 phoney mercy; sham benevolence; crocodile tears
悲惶 anguished and heartbroken
悲惨世界(悲慘世界) Les Misérables
悲歌当哭(悲歌當哭) to sing instead of weep
悲歌慷慨 indignant and tragic song
悲悲戚戚 upset
悲悯(悲憫) compassionate
忧悲(憂悲) to be worried and sad
强忍悲痛(強忍悲痛) to try hard to suppress one's grief
悲楚 sorrowful; grieved
悲观(悲觀) pessimistic
悲摧 grieved; miserable
乐极悲生(樂極悲生) extreme happiness turns to sorrow
悲歌 sad melody; elegy; dirge
悲伤(悲傷) sad; sorrowful
悲思 grief; sadness
慈悲 compassion; benevolence ; to resolve; to settle
悲凉(悲涼) sorrowful; dismal
乐极则悲(樂極則悲) extreme happiness turns to sorrow
慷慨悲歌 indignant and tragic song
伤悲(傷悲) sad; sorrowful
悲恻(悲惻) grieved; sorrowful
悲喜交切 sorrow and joy together
悲不自胜(悲不自勝) unable to control one's grief; overwrought; overcome with sorrow; heartbroken
大放悲声(大放悲聲) great release of sorrow; to burst into tears
悲欢离合(悲歡離合) joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
悲剧缺陷(悲劇缺陷) tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
悲剧性(悲劇性) tragic
悲从中来(悲從中來) sorrow from personal problems
悲恸(悲慟) grieved; sorrowful; mournful
悲惨(悲慘) miserable; tragic
悲酸 bitter and sad
不以物喜，不以己悲 not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
公地悲剧(公地悲劇) tragedy of the commons
悲喜交加 sorrow and joy together
悲戚 mournful
悲喜剧(悲喜劇) tragicomedy
可悲 to be lamentable
悲哀 grieved; sorrowful

Also contained in

悲秋伤春、悲门、悲秋

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 27
卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
卷二十二志第十二樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 18
卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
卷二十一志第十一樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 16

Collocations

悲夫 (悲夫) 悲夫寶玉而題之以石 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 和氏第十三 Chapter 13: Mr. He — count: 33
窃悲 (竊悲) 今臣亦竊悲大王棄千乘之君 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮南衡山列傳》 Biographies of Huainan and Hengshan — count: 4
悲不能 (悲不能) 悲不能自止 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang — count: 4
足下悲 (足下悲) 臣何獨能令足下悲哉 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十一善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech — count: 4
悲哭 (悲哭) 吾必悲哭社 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六　說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 3
孺悲 (孺悲) 孺悲欲見孔子 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 3
悲怀 (悲懷) 意慘悽悲懷 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《張釋之馮唐列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang — count: 3
悲世俗 (悲世俗) 悲世俗之迫隘兮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 3
心悲 (心悲) 無使我心悲兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧九罭 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Jiu Yu — count: 3
足悲 (足悲) 無足悲者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《越王句踐世家》 House of King Goujian of Yue — count: 3