哀
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(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
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Words with 哀
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哀莫大于心死 | nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhua… | |
| 哀而不伤 | deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom) | |
| 节哀顺变 | (idiom) restrain one's grief and accept what has happened (expression of condolence) | |
| 生荣死哀 | to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom) | |
| 哀子 | son orphaned of his mother | |
| 哀家 | I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) | |
| 哀平 | joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6… | |
| 苦苦哀求 | to entreat piteously; to implore | |
| 可哀 | miserably | |
| 耶利米哀歌 | the Lamentations of Jeremiah | |
| 莫里哀 | Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy | |
| 哀乐 | funeral music; plaint; dirge | |
| 节哀 | to restrain one's grief (used in expressions of condolence, e.g. 請節哀|请节哀[qing3 jie2 ai1] a… | |
| 哀号 | to wail; to cry piteously (variant of 哀嚎[ai1 hao2]) | |
| 哀词 | variant of 哀辭|哀辞[ai1 ci2] | |
| 哀的美敦书 | (loanword) (old) ultimatum | |
| 哀失 | bereavement | |
| 喜怒哀乐 | (lit.) happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); (fig.) emotions | |
| 孤哀子 | (literary) orphan | |
| 哀告宾服 | to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 衣 — compare how they read.