悲 bēi

1. bēi noun sadness; sorrow; grief
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: pij (Guoyu '悲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '悲' 1)
2. bēi verb grieved; to be sorrowful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 悲痛 (ABC 'bēi' sv; Ci Yuan '悲' 1; Guoyu '悲' v 1; Kroll 2015 '悲' 2, p. 12; GHC '悲' 1; NCCED '悲' 1)
3. bēi verb to think fondly of
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 怀念 (GHC '悲' 3; Guoyu '悲' v 2)
4. bēi verb to pity; to mercy; to have compassion for
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 哀怜 or 怜悯 (Ci Yuan '悲' 2; GHC '悲' 2; Kroll 2015 '悲' 3, p. 12; NCCED '悲' 2)
5. bēi verb to sigh
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 感叹 or 慨叹 (Guoyu '悲' adj 2)

Contained in

• 悲凄(悲悽) pitiable; sorrowful
• 悲剧(悲劇) tragedy ; a life tragedy
• 悲泣 to weep with grief
• 悲观(悲觀) pessimistic
• 兔死狐悲 if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves; to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
• 悲惨(悲慘) miserable; tragic
• 含悲 sorrowful
• 悲切 mournful
• 假慈悲 phoney mercy; sham benevolence; crocodile tears
• 悲痛 grieved; sorrowful
• 悲愤(悲憤) grieved and indignant
• 悲天悯人(悲天憫人) to be distressed at the state of the world and pity the fate of mankind
• 悲悯(悲憫) compassionate
• 慈悲为本(慈悲為本) mercy as the guiding principle; the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
• 悲从中来(悲從中來) sorrow from personal problems
• 悲怆(悲愴) sorrow; tragic
• 悲楚 sorrowful; grieved
• 悲悲切切 very sad
• 老大徒伤悲(老大徒傷悲) vain regrets of old age
• 大放悲声(大放悲聲) great release of sorrow; to burst into tears
• 强忍悲痛(強忍悲痛) to try hard to suppress one's grief
• 慈悲 compassion; benevolence ; to resolve; to settle
• 悲喜交集 mixed feelings of grief and joy
• 悲酸 bitter and sad
• 悲喜剧(悲喜劇) tragicomedy
• 悲剧缺陷(悲劇缺陷) tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
• 悲喜交加 sorrow and joy together
• 忧悲(憂悲) to be worried and sad
• 乐极生悲(樂極生悲) extreme happiness turns to sorrow
• 悲声载道(悲聲載道) lamentations fill the roads; severe suffering all around
• 悲哀 grieved; sorrowful
• 悲苦 forlorn; miserable
• 悲惨世界(悲慘世界) Les Misérables
• 悲啼 to wail with grief; to give a plaintive cry
• 悲歌 sad melody; elegy; dirge
• 乐极悲来(樂極悲來) extreme happiness turns to sorrow
• 悲伤(悲傷) sad; sorrowful
• 悲惶 anguished and heartbroken
• 悲欢离合(悲歡離合) joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
• 悲悲戚戚 upset
• 悲悼 mourn; to grieve
• 悲不自胜(悲不自勝) unable to control one's grief; overwrought; overcome with sorrow; heartbroken
• 转悲为喜(轉悲為喜) to turn grief into happiness
• 悲歌慷慨 indignant and tragic song
• 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲(少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲) if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
• 悲歌当哭(悲歌當哭) to sing instead of weep
• 悲吒 a sorrowful cry
• 悲恻(悲惻) grieved; sorrowful
• 不以物喜，不以己悲 not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself

Also contained in

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 27
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
• 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
• 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 18
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
• 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 16

Collocations

• 悲夫 (悲夫) 悲夫寶玉而題之以石 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 和氏第十三 Chapter 13: Mr. He — count: 33
• 足下悲 (足下悲) 臣何獨能令足下悲哉 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech — count: 4
• 悲不能 (悲不能) 悲不能自止 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang — count: 4
• 窃悲 (竊悲) 今臣亦竊悲大王棄千乘之君 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮南衡山列傳》 Biographies of Huainan and Hengshan — count: 4
• 悲世俗 (悲世俗) 悲世俗之迫隘兮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 3
• 悲号 (悲號) 悲號仰天 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮南衡山列傳》 Biographies of Huainan and Hengshan — count: 3
• 心悲 (心悲) 無使我心悲兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧九罭 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Jiu Yu — count: 3
• 足悲 (足悲) 無足悲者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《越王句踐世家》 House of King Goujian of Yue — count: 3
• 悲哭 (悲哭) 吾必悲哭社 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六　說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 3
• 悲怀 (悲懷) 意慘悽悲懷 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《張釋之馮唐列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang — count: 3