哀 (w)

(āi) Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]

哀 (w)

(āi) sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole

哀伤 (w)

(āishāng) grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heart-broken; dejected

哀伤地 (w)

(āishāngde) pathetically

哀兵必胜 (w)

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

哀劝 (w)

(āiquàn) to persuade by all possible means; to implore

哀告 (w)

(āigào) to beg piteously; to supplicate

哀告宾服 (w)

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

哀哭 (w)

(āikū) to weep in sorrow

哀哭切齿 (w)

(āikūqièchǐ) weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)

哀启 (w)

(āiqǐ) obituary (archaic term)

哀叹 (w)

(āitàn) to sigh; to lament; to bewail

哀嚎 (w)

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

哀失 (w)

(āishī) bereavement

哀婉 (w)

(āiwǎn) melancholy; sad and moving

哀子 (w)

(āizǐ) son orphaned of his mother

哀家 (w)

(āijiā) queen widow (role in opera)

哀思 (w)

(āisī) grief-stricken thoughts; mourning

哀怨 (w)

(āiyuàn) grief; resentment; aggrieved; plaintive

哀悼 (w)

(āidào) to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death; mourning

哀愁 (w)

(āichóu) sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful

哀恸 (w)

(āitòng) to be deeply grieved

哀戚 (w)

(āiqī) sorrow; grief

哀怜 (w)

(āilián) to feel compassion for; to pity on; to feel sorry for

哀悯 (w)

(āimǐn) to take pity on; to feel sorry for

哀荣 (w)

(āiróng) funeral pomp

哀乐 (w)

(āiyuè) funeral music; plaint; dirge

哀歌 (w)

(āigē) mournful song; dirge; elegy

哀求 (w)

(āiqiú) to entreat; to implore; to plead

哀江南赋 (w)

(āijiāngnánfù) 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 (w)

(āiqì) to wail

哀痛 (w)

(āitòng) to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief

哀的美敦书 (w)

(āidìměidūnshū) ultimatum (loanword)

哀矜 (w)

(āijīn) to take pity on; to feel sorry for

哀而不伤 (w)

(āiérbùshāng) deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)

哀艳 (w)

(āiyàn) plaintive and beautiful; melancholy but gorgeous

哀莫大于心死 (w)

(āimòdàyúxīnsǐ) nothing sadder than a withered heart; (saying attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); other possible translations: 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.

哀号 (w)

(āiháo) to cry piteously; anguished wailing; same as 哀嚎

哀辞 (w)

(āicí) dirge; lament

哀鸣 (w)

(āimíng) plaintive whine; wail

哀鸿遍野 (w)

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