哉 zāi
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zāi
particle
exclamatory particle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 哉 is used as a final exclamatory particle in Literary Chinese expressing surprise, sadness, or confirmation (Guoyu '哉' particle 2-4; Kroll 2015 '哉' 1; NCCED '哉' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 146; Unihan '哉') -
zāi
particle
interrogative particle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 哉 may be added to the end of a question. For example, 是誠何心哉？'What really was my mind in the matter?' (Mengzi: 1.7/4/17, translation by Legge; Guoyu '哉' particle 1; NCCED '哉' 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 146; Unihan '哉') -
zāi
verb
to start
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 开始 (Guoyu '哉' v 1)
Contained in
- 快哉此风(快哉此風) how pleasant a thing is this wind
- 哀哉 alas
- 殆哉圾乎 very dangerous
- 圣哉经(聖哉經) Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)
- 悠哉悠哉 leisurely and carefree
- 呜呼哀哉(嗚呼哀哉) alas; all is lost; Mercey on us!
- 何足道哉 what is there that is good about this?
- 岂不惜哉(豈不惜哉) is it not a shame?
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 39
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 36
- 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 33
- 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 27
- 卷四十八 Scroll 48 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 26
- 卷四十一 Scroll 41 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 25
- 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
- 卷四十八 列傳第十八 向雄 段灼 閻纘 Volume 48 Biographies 18: Xiang Xiong; Duan Zhuo; Yan Zuan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 22
- 卷二十五 魏書二十五 辛毗楊阜高堂隆傳 Volume 25: Book of Wei 25 - Biographies of Xin Pi, Yang Fu, and Gaotang Long Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 21