Chinese Notes

哀 āi

āi verb to be sad; to be mournful; to be pitiful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 悲伤 (Guoyu '哀' v 2; Kroll 2015 '哀' 1a; Unihan '哀')
āi verb to pity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 怜悯 (Guoyu '哀' v 1; Kroll 2015 '哀' 1b; Unihan '哀')
āi verb to grieve; to morn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 悼念 (Guoyu '哀' v 4)
āi particle alas
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '哀' 2)
āi verb to cherish; to treasure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 爱惜 (Guoyu '哀' v 3)
āi adjective orphaned
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially, to lose one's mother; for example, 哀子 (Guoyu '哀' adj; Kroll 2015 '哀' 1)

Contained in

哀惨(哀慘) distressing
悲哀 grieved; sorrowful
哀悯(哀憫) to take pity on; to feel sorry for
哀元元 took pity on the people
哀悼 to mourn
耶利米哀歌 the Lamentations of Jeremiah
哀家 I; me
哀辞(哀辭) a eulogy
哀嚎 to howl in grief; anguished wailing; same as 哀号
哀词(哀詞) a eulogy
哀的美敦书(哀的美敦書) ultimatum
哀莫大于心死(哀莫大於心死) nothing sadder than a withered heart; no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices; the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
哀观主义(哀觀主義) pesimissism
心有哀乐喜怒(心有哀樂喜怒) a heart with sadness, joy, pleasure, and anger
哀麻 funeral garments
哀启(哀啟) an obiturary
乞哀告怜(乞哀告憐) begging for pity and asking for help
哀哭切齿(哀哭切齒) weeping and gnashing one's teeth
孤哀子 an orphan
哀輓 funary scrolls
哀哀上告 with bitter grief the petition is presented
志哀(誌哀) to pay respects to the dead; to mark somebody's passing
腹哀 Abdominal Lament; acupuncture point SP 16
哀戚 grieved
哀哭 to weep in sorrow
哀乐相生(哀樂相生) grief and joy lead to each other
哀哀 bitter grief
哀诏(哀詔) announcement of the death of the sovereign
斩哀(斬哀) the most solemn period of morning
哀恳(哀懇) to entreat
哀而不伤(哀而不傷) deeply felt but not excessively grieving
哀恸(哀慟) to be deeply grieved
哀兵必胜(哀兵必勝) an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win
喜怒哀乐(喜怒哀樂) happiness, anger, grief, and joy; likes and dislikes
哀恋(哀戀) to yearn with great distress
哀哉 alas
哀荣(哀榮) funeral pomp
可哀 miserably
致哀 to express grief; to mourn
哀乐(哀樂) sadness and joy ; funeral music
哀衣 funeral garments
哀叹(哀嘆) to sigh; to lament; to bewail
哀愍 to pity; to sympathize with
哀思 grief-stricken thoughts; mourning
哀哀痛苦 bitter grief and pain

Also contained in

唐哀帝、景哀王、哀江南赋、哀王、莫里哀、哀公

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

卷二十志第十禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 30
卷九十七下外戚傳 Volume 97a: The Empresses and Imperial Affines 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 29
卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 29
卷二十七　韓二 Chapter 27: Han II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 26
卷五十八 Scroll 58 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
卷108之三禮志四之三 Volume 108c Treatise 4: Rituals 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21
卷一百九十七　列傳第八十四: 孝友一 Volume 197 Biographies 84: Filial and Brotherly Acts 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 20
卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
卷十五志第五禮二 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Rituals 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 18

Collocations

尽哀 (儘哀) 盡哀 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《奔喪》 Rules on Hurrying to the Mourning Rites — count: 18
哀侯 (哀侯) 而立哀侯于翼 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 10
哀姜 (哀姜) 哀姜之娣叔姜之子也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 10
子哀 (子哀) 兄亦不念鞠子哀 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 7
礼哀 (禮哀) 以兇禮哀邦國之憂 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 5
哀来 (哀來) 宋子哀來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
哀荐 (哀薦) 哀荐祫事 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士虞禮第十四 14. Post burial rites for a common officer — count: 4
饰哀 (飾哀) 所以飾哀也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 3
哀今 (哀今) 哀今之人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧正月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Zheng Yue — count: 3
蔡哀 (蔡哀) 蔡哀侯娶于陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3