Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- āi
- Āi
English
- sad, mournful, pitiful
- 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]
- (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity
- grief; sorrow
- pity
- (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
- condolences
粵語
- 悲痛；傷感
- 追悼；懷念死去嘅人
As a component in
Words containing 哀
- 哀求oi1 kau4
to entreat
- 悲哀bei1 oi1
grieved
- 哀傷oi1 soeng1
grief; distress; bereavement
- 哀悼oi1 dou6
to grieve over sb's death
- 默哀mak6 oi1
to observe a moment of silence in tribute
- 致哀zi3 oi1
to express grief
- 哀家oi1 gaa1
I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
- 哀號oi1 hou6
to wail; to cry piteously (variant of 哀嚎[ai1 hao2])
- 哀樂oi1 ngok6
funeral music
- 哀痛oi1 tung3
to grieve; to mourn
- 哀嘆oi1 taan3
to sigh
- 哀怨oi1 jyun3
grief
- 哀鳴oi1 ming4
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
- 哀愁oi1 sau4
sorrow; sadness
- 哀嚎oi1 hou4
to wail; to cry piteously
- 可哀ho2 oi1
miserably
- 哀子oi1 zi2
son orphaned of his mother
- 節哀zit3 oi1
to restrain one's grief (used in expressions of condolence, e.g. 請節哀|请节哀[qing3 jie2 ai1] and 節哀順變|节哀顺变[jie2 ai1 shun4 bian4])
- 哀告oi1 gou3
to beg piteously
- 哀哭oi1 huk1
to weep in sorrow
- 哀辭oi1 ci4
dirge
- 哀榮oi1 wing4
(literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died; posthumous recognition
- 誌哀zi3 oi1
to pay respects to the dead
- 哀艷oi1 jim6
variant of 哀豔|哀艳[ai1 yan4]