| 哀 | 808A55 60.02 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄞ [ai1] | ||
| N. | (1) Sorrow: 哀樂 joys and sorrows. (2) Grief at funeral: 舉哀 mark ceremony by proper lamentation; 誌哀 to express one's grief; 節哀 please restrain your grief; 生榮死哀 lament at death of a famous man; hence 榮哀錄 collection of tributes by friends to one deceased. | |||||
| V.i.&t. | To lament, grieve, feel sorry for: 哀之 take pity on him; 哀憐 [ai1lian2]↓; 哀矜 [ai1jin1]↓. | |||||
| Adj.&Adv. | (1) Bewailing, doleful, dolorous, sad, tragic: 悲哀 ditto; 哀痛 [ai1tong4]↓; 哀傷 [ai1shang1]↓; 哀而不傷 (AC) deeply felt but not sentimental; 哀豔 [ai1yan4]↓. (2) Pertaining to funeral: 哀悼，哀詞 [ai1dao4], [ai1ci2], etc.↓; see 哀子 [ai1zi3]↓. (3) Sorrowfully (oft. forming prefix to vv.): 哀求，哀祈，哀懇 beg pitifully or I beg humbly and urgently; 哀告 [ai1gao4]↓; 哀啟(end of letter) sorrowfully yours; 哀號 cry pitifully; 哀泣 weep properly at funeral; 哀鳴 a cry of lament; 哀慟 lament bitterly. | |||||
| Words | 1. 哀哀 [ai1ai1], excl., as in 哀哀父母 (AC) ah! my parents! 2. 哀戚 [ai1qi1], adj., sorrow-stricken. 3. 哀悼 [ai1dao4], v.t., to bemoan. 4. 哀的美頓(敦)書 [ai1di4mei3dun4shu1], n., (translit.) an ultimatum. 5. 哀告 [ai1gao4], (1) v.i. & t., announce (death, etc.); (2) n., obituary notice. 6. 哀歌 [ai1ge1], n., a dirge. 7. 哀鴻 [ai1hong2], phr., 哀鴻遍野 (LL) famine refugees swarm the countryside (possibly reference to encircling vultures). 8. 哀詔 [ai1zhao4], n., announcement of emperor's death by his successor to the throne. 9. 哀祭 [ai1ji4], v.i. & n., funeral sacrifice; sacrificial prayers. 10. 哀矜 [ai1jin1], v.i., as in 哀矜而勿喜 to sympathize and not gloat over (s.o.’s mishap). 11. 哀樂 [ai1le4], n., (1) joys and sorrows of human life; (2) ([ai1yUe4]) funeral music, dirge. 12. 哀憐 [ai1lian2], v.t., to take pity (on child or one in distress). 13. 哀厲 [ai1li4], adj., (music, song) heartbreaking. 14. 哀榮 [ai1rong2], n., see N. 2↑. 15. 哀傷 [ai1shang1], (1) v.i. & t., to feel grief; v.i. & t., grieve over (s.o.’s death); (2) adj., sad, heart-rending. 16. 哀冊 [ai1ce4], n., formerly, official eulogy upon death of an empress. 17. 哀詞 [ai1ci2], n., eulogy in rhyme of s.o.’s life at his funeral. 18. 哀痛 [ai1tong4], adj. & n., deep sorrow, profound grief. 19. 哀哉 [ai1zai1], excl., (AC, LL) alas! 20. 哀子 [ai1zi3], n., son bereaved of mother with father living. 21. 哀豔 [ai1yan4], adj., sadly touching, sad and beautiful, tragic (love story). | |||||