| 哀 | āi | sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole; Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God, also known as Li 厘 |
| 哀求 | āi qiú | to entreat; to implore; to plead |
| 哀悼 | āi dào | to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death; mourning |
| 哀乐 | āi yuè | funeral music; plaint; dirge |
| 哀叹 | āi tàn | to sigh; to lament; to bewail |
| 哀歌 | āi gē | mournful song; dirge; elegy |
| 哀愁 | āi chóu | sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful |
| 哀号 | āi háo | to cry piteously; anguished wailing; same as 哀嚎 |
| 哀鸣 | āi míng | plaintive whine; wail |
| 哀伤 | āi shāng | grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heart-broken; dejected |
| 哀伤地 | āi shāng de | pathetically |
| 哀兵必胜 | āi bīng bì shèng | an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom) |
| 哀劝 | āi quàn | to persuade by all possible means; to implore |
| 哀告 | āi gào | to beg piteously; to supplicate |
| 哀告宾服 | āi gào bīn fú | to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit |
| 哀哭 | āi kū | to weep in sorrow |
| 哀哭切齿 | āi kū qiè chǐ | weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom) |
| 哀启 | āi qǐ | obituary (archaic term) |
| 哀嚎 | āi háo | to howl in grief; anguished wailing; same as 哀号 |
| 哀失 | āi shī | bereavement |
| 哀婉 | āi wǎn | melancholy; sad and moving |
| 哀子 | āi zǐ | son orphaned of his mother |
| 哀家 | āi jiā | queen widow (role in opera) |
| 哀思 | āi sī | grief-stricken thoughts; mourning |
| 哀怨 | āi yuàn | grief; resentment; aggrieved; plaintive |
| 哀戚 | āi qī | sorrow; grief |
| 哀怜 | āi lián | to feel compassion for; to pity on; to feel sorry for |
| 哀悯 | āi mǐn | to take pity on; to feel sorry for |
| 哀荣 | āi róng | funeral pomp |
| 哀江南赋 | Āi Jiāng nán fù | Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 |
| 哀泣 | āi qì | to wail |
| 哀痛 | āi tòng | to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief |
| 哀的美敦书 | āi dì měi dūn shū | ultimatum (loanword) |
| 哀矜 | āi jīn | to take pity on; to feel sorry for |
| 哀而不伤 | āi ér bù shāng | deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom) |
| 哀艳 | āi yàn | plaintive and beautiful; melancholy but gorgeous |
| 哀莫大于心死 | āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ | nothing sadder than a withered heart; (saying attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 庄子); other possible translations: no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices; The worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart.; Nothing is more wretched than apathy. |
| 哀辞 | āi cí | dirge; lament |
| 哀鸿遍野 | āi hóng biàn yě | lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land |
