āi

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  1. 1. Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[shén nóng] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[lí]
  2. 2. sorrow; grief; pity
  3. 3. to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole

Words Containing 哀

哀求
āi qiú

to entreat

喜怒哀乐
xǐ nù āi lè

four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huān xǐ], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fèn nù], sorrow 悲哀[bēi āi] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuài lè]

悲哀
bēi āi

grieved

乞哀告怜
qǐ āi gào lián

begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)

可哀
kě āi

miserably

哀伤
āi shāng

grief; distress; bereavement

哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng

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

哀劝
āi quàn

to persuade by all possible means; to implore

哀告
āi gào

to beg piteously

哀告宾服
āi gào bīn fú

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

哀哭
āi kū

to weep in sorrow

哀哭切齿
āi kū qiè chǐ

weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)

哀启
āi qǐ

obituary (archaic term)

哀叹
āi tàn

to sigh

哀嚎
āi háo

to howl in grief

哀失
āi shī

bereavement

哀婉
āi wǎn

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

哀子
āi zǐ

son orphaned of his mother

哀平
āi píng

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

哀思
āi sī

grief-stricken thoughts

哀怨
āi yuàn

grief

哀悼
āi dào

to grieve over sb's death

哀愁
āi chóu

sorrow; sadness

哀恸
āi tòng

to be deeply grieved

哀怜
āi lián

to feel compassion for; to pity

哀悯
āi mǐn

to take pity on

哀戚
āi qī

sorrow

哀荣
āi róng

funeral pomp

哀乐
āi yuè

funeral music

哀歌
āi gē

mournful song

哀江南赋
āi jiāng nán fù

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

哀泣
āi qì

to wail

哀痛
āi tòng

to grieve; to mourn

哀的美敦书
āi dì měi dūn shū

ultimatum (loanword)

哀矜
āi jīn

to take pity on

哀而不伤
āi ér bù shāng

deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)

哀艳
āi yàn

plaintive and beautiful

哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ

nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])

哀号
āi háo

to cry piteously

哀辞
āi cí

dirge

哀鸣
āi míng

(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound

哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě

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

唐哀帝
táng āi dì

Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝[lǐ zhù] (892-908), reigned 904-907

呜呼哀哉
wū hū āi zāi

alas

孤哀子
gū āi zǐ

(literary) orphan

凄哀
qī āi

desolate

生荣死哀
shēng róng sǐ āi

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

节哀顺变
jié āi shùn biàn

restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)

耶利米哀歌
yē lì mǐ āi gē

the Lamentations of Jeremiah

腹哀
fù āi

Abdominal Lament

致哀
zhì āi

to express grief

苦苦哀求
kǔ kǔ āi qiú

to entreat piteously

莫里哀
mò lǐ āi

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

志哀
zhì āi

to pay respects to the dead

默哀
mò āi

to observe a moment of silence in tribute