哀 āi

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. āi verb to grieve; to morn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 悼念 (Guoyu '哀' v 4)
4. āi particle alas
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '哀' 2)
5. āi verb to cherish; to treasure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 爱惜 (Guoyu '哀' v 3)
6. 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

• 默哀 to observe a moment of silence in tribute
• 哀哉 alas
• 哀告 to beg piteously; to supplicate
• 哀乐相生(哀樂相生) grief and joy lead to each other
• 哀哀上告 with bitter grief the petition is presented
• 呜呼哀哉(嗚呼哀哉) alas; all is lost; Mercey on us!
• 哀嚎 to howl in grief; anguished wailing; same as 哀号
• 悲哀 grieved; sorrowful
• 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
• 哀思 grief-stricken thoughts; mourning
• 苦苦哀求 to entreat piteously; to implore
• 可哀 miserably
• 哀歎 to sigh with grief
• 喜怒哀乐(喜怒哀樂) happiness, anger, grief, and joy; likes and dislikes
• 哀号(哀號) to cry piteously; anguished wailing
• 痛疾哀苦 pain and illness, sorrow and suffering
• 哀的美敦书(哀的美敦書) ultimatum
• 哀恸(哀慟) to be deeply grieved
• 哀乐(哀樂) sadness and joy ; funeral music
• 哀诏(哀詔) announcement of the death of the sovereign
• 心有哀乐喜怒(心有哀樂喜怒) a heart with sadness, joy, pleasure, and anger
• 哀痛 to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief
• 哀荣(哀榮) funeral pomp
• 凄哀(悽哀) desolate; mournful
• 哀婉 melancholy; sad and moving
• 哀启(哀啟) an obiturary
• 哀毁骨立(哀毀骨立) emaciated with sorrow
• 哀元元 took pity on the people
• 哀求 to entreat; to implore; to plead
• 腹哀 Abdominal Lament; acupuncture point SP 16
• 哀矜 to take pity on; to feel sorry for
• 节哀(節哀) suppress grief
• 哀輓 funary scrolls
• 乞哀告怜(乞哀告憐) begging for pity and asking for help
• 哀乐乐哀(哀樂樂哀) sorrow and joy out of place
• 哀戚 grieved
• 哀恋(哀戀) to yearn with great distress
• 哀劝(哀勸) to persuade by all possible means; to implore
• 哀惨(哀慘) distressing
• 哀鸿(哀鴻) a refugee
• 哀子 a son orphaned of his mother
• 哀鸽(哀鴿) mourning dove
• 哀求天父 to implore our Heavenly Father
• 哀泣 to wail
• 哀词(哀詞) a eulogy
• 哀怨 aggrieved; plaintive; sad; mournful
• 哀鸿遍野(哀鴻遍野) plaintive whine of geese; land swarming with disaster victims

Also contained in

鲁哀公 、 景哀王 、 哀江南赋 、 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
• 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
• 音哀 (音哀) 亡國之音哀以思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3