Meaning
sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
Chinese: 悲哀、哀伤。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ai” becomes a different word in each tone. 哀 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 悲哀bēi āigrieved; sorrowful
- 哀求āi qiúto entreat; to implore; to plead
- 喜怒哀乐xǐ nù āi lèlit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); fig. emotions
- 可哀kě āimiserably
- 哀子āi zǐson orphaned of his mother
Example Sentence
听到这个不幸的消息，大家都很悲哀。Tīng dào zhè ge bú xìng de xiāo xi, dà jiā dōu hěn bēi āi.Hearing this unfortunate news, everyone was very sad.
听到Tīng dàoto hear这个zhè ge(pronoun) this不幸bú xìngmisfortune的deof消息xiāo xi(piece of) news，大家dà jiāeveryone都dōuall很hěnvery悲哀bēi āigrieved。