āi

  1. āi verb to be sad; to be mournful; to be pitiful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 悲伤 (Guoyu '哀' v 2; Kroll 2015 '哀' 1a; Unihan '哀')
  2. āi verb to pity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 怜悯 (Guoyu '哀' v 1; Kroll 2015 '哀' 1b; Unihan '哀')
  3. āi verb to grieve; to morn
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 悼念 (Guoyu '哀' v 4)
  4. āi particle alas
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '哀' 2)
  5. āi verb to cherish; to treasure
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 爱惜 (Guoyu '哀' v 3)
  6. āi adjective orphaned
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially, to lose one's mother; for example, 哀子 (Guoyu '哀' adj; Kroll 2015 '哀' 1)
  7. āi adjective mournful; karuṇā
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: karuṇā, Japanese: ai (BCSD '哀', p. 253; MW 'karuṇā'; SH '哀', p. 299; Unihan '哀')

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