悲
哀

Grieved in Chinese: 悲哀 (bēi āi)

bēi āi

grieved

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1grieved
  2. 2sorrowful

Stroke order

Watch how to write 悲哀 stroke by stroke.

悲
哀

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄅㄟ

bēi

ㄅ/ bㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄞ

āi

ㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 悲哀 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 听到这个消息，她感到十分悲哀。

    tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī， tā gǎn dào shí fēn bēi āi。

    Hearing this news, she felt deeply sorrowful.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

悲观

bēi guān

pessimistic

悲剧

bēi jù

tragedy

悲伤

bēi shāng

sad

悲惨

bēi cǎn

miserable

哀求

āi qiú

to entreat

悲痛

bēi tòng

grieved

可悲

kě bēi

lamentable

悲欢离合

bēi huān lí hé

joys and sorrows

喜怒哀乐

xǐ nù āi lè

four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 欢喜, anger 愤怒, sorrow 哀 and joy 快乐

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

Learn 悲哀 with spaced repetition

Add 悲哀 (bēi āi) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included