悲哀

Chinese

 
sad; sadness; sorrow
sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
 
sorrow; grief; pity
sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
trad. (悲哀) 悲 哀
simp. #(悲哀) 悲 哀

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 悲 哀
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 脂 (17) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 府眉切 烏開切
Baxter pij 'oj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠiɪ/ /ʔʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚi/ /ʔəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/piɪ/ /ʔɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pji/ /ʔəj/
Li
Rong
/pji/ /ʔᴀi/
Wang
Li
/pi/ /ɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi/ /ʔɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bī āi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bei1 oi1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 悲 哀
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bēi āi
Middle
Chinese
‹ pij › ‹ ʔoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*prəj/ /*ʔˁəj/
English sad to pity; sad

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 悲 哀
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3067 14835
Phonetic
component
非 衣
Rime
group
微 微
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
悲 哀
Old
Chinese
/*prɯl/ /*qɯːl/

Adjective

悲哀

  1. sorrowful; sad

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲 哀
ひ
Grade: 3
あい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

悲(ひ)哀(あい) • (hiai) ←ひあい (fiai)?

  1. sorrow, sadness
    サラリーマン生(せい)活(かつ)の悲(ひ)哀(あい)
    sararīman seikatsu no hiai
    the sorrows of the life of an office worker

Synonyms

Adjective

悲(ひ)哀(あい) • (hiai) ←ひあい (fiai)?-na (adnominal 悲(ひ)哀(あい)な (hiai na), adverbial 悲(ひ)哀(あい)に (hiai ni))

  1. pitiful; pathetic; miserable

Inflection

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
悲哀

Noun

悲哀 • (biae) (hangeul 비애)

  1. Hanja form? of 비애 (“grief; sorrow; sadness”).
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