Chinese symbol for “grieved”
悲哀
bēi āi
grieved; sorrowful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grieved is 悲哀 (bēi āi), defined as: grieved; sorrowful.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “grieved”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲痛 | bēi tòng | grieved; sorrowful |
| 痛心 | tòng xīn | grieved; pained |
| 伤怀 (傷懷) | shāng huái | grieved; full of sorrow |
| 酸 | suān | sour; tart |
| 忉 | dāo | grieved |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悲哀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy; 出 (chū) |
| 悲伤 (悲傷) | bēi shāng | sad; sorrowful |
| 悲惨 (悲慘) | bēi cǎn | miserable; tragic |
| 可悲 | kě bēi | lamentable |
| 悲观 (悲觀) | bēi guān | pessimistic |
| 哀悼 | āi dào | to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death |
| 哀伤 (哀傷) | āi shāng | grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected |
| 哀求 | āi qiú | to entreat; to implore |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.