哀 āi
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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
- 凄哀(悽哀) desolate; mournful
- 哀元元 took pity on the people
- 哀恋(哀戀) to yearn with great distress
- 哀鸿(哀鴻) a refugee
- 哀思 grief-stricken thoughts; mourning
- 哀毁骨立(哀毀骨立) emaciated with sorrow
- 哀荣(哀榮) funeral pomp
- 哀麻 funeral garments
- 举哀(舉哀) to weap aloud at a funeral ; to handle funeral arrangements
- 节哀(節哀) suppress grief
- 哀乐乐哀(哀樂樂哀) sorrow and joy out of place
- 哀嚎 to howl in grief; anguished wailing; same as 哀号
- 哀痛 to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief
- 哀观主义(哀觀主義) pesimissism
- 哀辞(哀辭) a eulogy
- 哀悯(哀憫) to take pity on; to feel sorry for
- 哀悼 to mourn
- 苦苦哀求 to entreat piteously; to implore
- 哀乐(哀樂) sadness and joy ; funeral music
- 哀哀 bitter grief
- 悲哀 grieved; sorrowful
- 哀子 a son orphaned of his mother
- 哀矜无辜(哀矜無辜) an imperial pardon
- 哀劝(哀勸) to persuade by all possible means; to implore
- 哀哭切齿(哀哭切齒) weeping and gnashing one's teeth
- 哀哀上告 with bitter grief the petition is presented
- 哀失 bereavement
- 哀求 to entreat; to implore; to plead
- 呜呼哀哉(嗚呼哀哉) alas; all is lost; Mercey on us!
- 喜怒哀乐(喜怒哀樂) happiness, anger, grief, and joy; likes and dislikes
- 哀歌 mournful song; dirge; elegy
- 哀鸣(哀鳴) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail
- 哀愍 to pity; to sympathize with
- 哀泣 to wail
- 哀伤地(哀傷地) pathetically
- 哀輓 funary scrolls
- 哀衣 funeral garments
- 哀婉 melancholy; sad and moving
- 哀鸿遍野(哀鴻遍野) plaintive whine of geese; land swarming with disaster victims
- 耶利米哀歌 the Lamentations of Jeremiah
- 占哀占乐(占哀占樂) alternating sadness and happiness
- 心有哀乐喜怒(心有哀樂喜怒) a heart with sadness, joy, pleasure, and anger
- 痛疾哀苦 pain and illness, sorrow and suffering
- 哀的美敦书(哀的美敦書) ultimatum
- 乞哀告怜(乞哀告憐) begging for pity and asking for help
- 哀启(哀啟) an obiturary
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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
- 卷九十九上 王莽傳 Volume 99a: Wang Mang 1 Book of Han 漢書 — 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
- 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
- 饰哀 (飾哀) 所以飾哀也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八 本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 3
- 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
- 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