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

哀乐(哀樂) sadness and joy ; funeral music
哀兵必胜(哀兵必勝) an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win
哀伤(哀傷) grief; distress; bereavement
喜怒哀乐(喜怒哀樂) happiness, anger, grief, and joy; likes and dislikes
哀悯(哀憫) to take pity on; to feel sorry for
斩哀(斬哀) the most solemn period of morning
哀的美敦书(哀的美敦書) ultimatum
哀辞(哀辭) a eulogy
哀凄(哀悽) miserable
孤哀子 an orphan
哀荣(哀榮) funeral pomp
哀哭 to weep in sorrow
哀诏(哀詔) announcement of the death of the sovereign
哀鸣(哀鳴) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail
哀告宾服(哀告賓服) to bring tribute as sign of submission; to submit
占哀占乐(占哀占樂) alternating sadness and happiness
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
哀求天父 to implore our Heavenly Father
哀恸(哀慟) to be deeply grieved
哀乐乐哀(哀樂樂哀) sorrow and joy out of place
哀矜 to take pity on; to feel sorry for
哀丝豪竹(哀絲豪竹) the moving nature of sorrowful music
耶利米哀歌 the Lamentations of Jeremiah
哀告 to beg piteously; to supplicate
哀鸽(哀鴿) mourning dove
哀悼 to mourn
节哀顺变(節哀順變) suppress your grief and accept change
悲哀 grieved; sorrowful
哀启(哀啟) an obiturary
哀矜无辜(哀矜無辜) an imperial pardon
哀嚎 to howl in grief; anguished wailing; same as 哀号
哀怨 aggrieved; plaintive; sad; mournful
哀恳(哀懇) to entreat
哀失 bereavement
志哀(誌哀) to pay respects to the dead; to mark somebody's passing
哀子 a son orphaned of his mother
哀毁骨立(哀毀骨立) emaciated with sorrow
哀愁 sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful
可哀 miserably
哀愍 to pity; to sympathize with
哀家 I; me
节哀(節哀) suppress grief
哀哀痛苦 bitter grief and pain
哀思 grief-stricken thoughts; mourning
哀鸿(哀鴻) a refugee

Also contained in

哀公、唐哀帝、哀江南赋、哀王、莫里哀

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
卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 29
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
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
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
君哀 (君哀) 葬我小君哀姜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
音哀 (音哀) 亡國之音哀以思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — 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