哀 oi¹ {āi}

1. sorrow
2. grief
3. pity
4. to grieve for
5. to pity
6. to lament
7. to condole

哀 oi¹ {Āi}

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

哀求 oi¹ kau⁴ {āi qiú}

(verb) To beg

哀辭〔-辞〕 oi¹ ci⁴ {āi cí}

1. dirge
2. lament

哀戚 oi¹ cik¹ {āi qī}

1. sorrow
2. grief

哀悼 oi¹ dou⁶ {āi dào}

1. to grieve over sb's death
2. to lament sb's death
3. mourning

哀慟〔-恸〕 oi¹ dung⁶ {āi tòng}

to be deeply grieved

哀家 oi¹ gaa¹ {āi jiā}

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

哀矜 oi¹ ging¹ {āi jīn}

1. to take pity on
2. to feel sorry for

哀歌 oi¹ go¹ {āi gē}

1. mournful song
2. dirge
3. elegy

哀告 oi¹ gou³ {āi gào}

1. to beg piteously
2. to supplicate

哀嚎 oi¹ hou⁴ {āi háo}

1. to howl in grief
2. anguished wailing
3. same as 哀号

哀號〔-号〕 oi¹ hou⁴ {āi háo}

1. to cry piteously
2. anguished wailing
3. same as 哀嚎

哀哭 oi¹ huk¹ {āi kū}

to weep in sorrow

哀勸〔-劝〕 oi¹ hyun³ {āi quàn}

1. to persuade by all possible means
2. to implore

哀泣 oi¹ jap¹ {āi qì}

to wail

哀艷〔-艳〕 oi¹ jim⁶ {āi yàn}

1. plaintive and beautiful
2. melancholy but gorgeous

哀婉 oi¹ jyun² {āi wǎn}

1. melancholy
2. sad and moving

哀怨 oi¹ jyun³ {āi yuàn}

1. grief
2. resentment
3. aggrieved
4. plaintive

哀啟〔-启〕 oi¹ kai² {āi qǐ}

obituary (archaic term)

哀求 oi¹ kau⁴ {āi qiú}

1. to entreat
2. to implore
3. to plead

哀憐〔-怜〕 oi¹ lin⁴ {āi lián}

1. to feel compassion for
2. to pity on
3. to feel sorry for

哀憫〔-悯〕 oi¹ man⁵ {āi mǐn}

1. to take pity on
2. to feel sorry for

哀鳴〔-鸣〕 oi¹ ming⁴ {āi míng}

1. plaintive whine
2. wail

哀樂〔-乐〕 oi¹ ngok⁶ {āi yuè}

1. funeral music
2. plaint
3. dirge

哀失 oi¹ sat¹ {āi shī}

bereavement

哀愁 oi¹ sau⁴ {āi chóu}

1. sorrow
2. sadness
3. distressed
4. sorrowful

哀思 oi¹ si¹ {āi sī}

1. grief-stricken thoughts
2. mourning

哀傷〔-伤〕 oi¹ soeng¹ {āi shāng}

1. grief
2. distress
3. bereavement
4. grieved
5. heart-broken
6. dejected

哀嘆〔-叹〕 oi¹ taan³ {āi tàn}

1. to sigh
2. to lament
3. to bewail

哀痛 oi¹ tung³ {āi tòng}

1. to grieve
2. to mourn
3. deep sorrow
4. grief

哀榮〔-荣〕 oi¹ wing⁴ {āi róng}

funeral pomp

哀子 oi¹ zi² {āi zǐ}

son orphaned of his mother

哀傷地〔-伤-〕 oi¹ soeng¹ dei⁶ {āi shāng de}

pathetically

哀兵必勝〔---胜〕 oi¹ bing¹ bit¹ sing³ {āi bīng bì shèng}

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

哀江南賦〔---赋〕 oi¹ gong¹ naam⁴ fu³ {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

哀告賓服〔--宾-〕 oi¹ gou³ ban¹ fuk⁶ {āi gào bīn fú}

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

哀哭切齒〔---齿〕 oi¹ huk¹ cit³ ci² {āi kū qiè chǐ}

weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)

哀鴻遍野〔-鸿--〕 oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵ {āi hóng biàn yě}

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

哀而不傷〔---伤〕 oi¹ ji⁴ bat¹ soeng¹ {āi ér bù shāng}

deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)

哀的美敦書〔----书〕 oi¹ dik¹ mei⁵ deon¹ syu¹ {āi dì měi dūn shū}

ultimatum (loanword)

哀莫大於心死〔---于--〕 oi¹ mok⁶ daai⁶ jyu¹ sam¹ sei² {āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ}

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