Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 哀

sorrow; grief; pity
to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole

Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 ( Yándì) descended from Shennong 神農／神农 ( Shénnóng) Farmer God, also known as Li 釐／厘 ( Lí)

(literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died; posthumous recognition

grieved
sorrowful

Abdominal Lament
acupuncture point SP 16

to observe a moment of silence in tribute

grief; distress; bereavement
grieved; heartbroken; dejected

to grieve over sb's death
to lament sb's death
mourning

miserably

to take pity on
to feel sorry for

dirge
lament

to howl in grief
anguished wailing
same as 哀號／哀号 (āiháo)

to be deeply grieved

to grieve; to mourn
deep sorrow; grief

I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)

son orphaned of his mother

(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
whine; moan; wail

to persuade by all possible means; to implore

(esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving

to feel compassion for; to pity

obituary (archaic term)

to entreat
to implore
to plead

to beg piteously
to supplicate

joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6 AD)

to express grief
to mourn

to weep in sorrow

to cry piteously
anguished wailing
same as 哀嚎 (āiháo)

sorrow; sadness
distressed; sorrowful

mournful song
dirge
elegy

variant of 哀辭／哀辞 (āicí)

to wail

bereavement

to sigh
to lament
to bewail

plaintive and beautiful
melancholy but gorgeous

grief
resentment
aggrieved
plaintive

desolate
mournful

grief-stricken thoughts
mourning

sorrow
grief

funeral music
plaint
dirge

to take pity on
to feel sorry for

to pay respects to the dead
to mark sb's passing

Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝 ( Lǐ Zhù) (892-908), reigned 904-907

Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy

(literary) orphan

shēngróngsǐ'āi

to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)

(idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)

jié'āishùnbiàn

restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)

alas
all is lost

qǐ'āigàolián

begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)

to entreat piteously
to implore

to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit

four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜／欢喜 (huānxǐ), anger 憤怒／愤怒 (fènnù), sorrow 悲哀 (bēi'āi) and joy 快樂／快乐 (kuàilè)

āibīngbìshèng

an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)

āi'érbùshāng

deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)

āihóngbiànyě

lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
starving people fill the land

see 哀毀骨立／哀毁骨立 (āihuǐgǔlì)

Aī Jiāngnánfù

Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝

Yēlìmǐ'āigē

耶利米哀歌

[耶利米哀歌]

the Lamentations of Jeremiah

āidìměidūnshū

哀的美敦书

[哀的美敦書]

ultimatum (loanword)

āimòdàyúxīnsǐ

哀莫大于心死

[哀莫大於心死]

nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ))
no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
nothing is more wretched than apathy