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)
  6. bēi noun Kindness
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  7. bēi noun compassion; empathy; karuna
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: karuṇā, Pali: karuṇā, Japanese: hi, Tibetan: snying rje; one of the 四無量心 'four immeasurables' (ABC 'bēi' bf; BCSD '悲', p. 483; BL 'karuṇā'; Ci Yuan '悲' 3; FGDB '悲'; Kroll 2015 '悲' 4, p. 12; Mahāvyutpatti 'karuṇā'; MW 'karuṇā'; SH '悲', p. 371)

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