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悲

bēi

HSK 5 Character

What 悲 means

1. sad
2. sadness
3. sorrow
4. grief

Example sentences

• 悲伤！
  Sad!
• 乐极生悲。
  Lèjíshēngbēi.
  Extreme joy begets sorrow.
• 悲哉失败者!
  Bēi zāi shībàizhě!
  Woe to the vanquished.
• 你太悲观了。
  You're being too pessimistic.
• 没有你我很悲伤。
  I'm sad without you.
• 我常常觉得悲伤。
  I often feel sad.

Words starting with 悲

• 悲观bēi guānpessimistic
• 悲哀bēi āigrieved; sorrowful
• 悲惨bēi cǎnmiserable; tragic
• 悲剧bēi jùtragedy
• 悲伤bēi shāngsad; sorrowful
• 悲痛bēi tònggrieved; sorrowful
• 悲壮bēi zhuàngsolemn and stirring; moving and tragic
• 悲愤bēi fèngrief and indignation
• 悲凉bēi liángsorrowful; dismal
• 悲怆bēi chuàngsorrow; tragic
• 悲欢离合bēi huān lí héjoys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
• 悲歌bēi gēto sing with solemn fervor; sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
• 悲痛欲绝bēi tòng yù jué(idiom) to be overcome with grief
• 悲苦bēi kǔforlorn; miserable
• 悲悯bēi mǐnto take pity on sb; compassionate
• 悲剧性bēi jù xìngtragic
• 悲鸣bēi míngto utter a mournful cry; wail; groan
• 悲叹bēi tànto bewail; to sigh mournfully; to lament
• 悲戚bēi qīmournful
• 悲切bēi qièmournful
• 悲恸bēi tòngmournful
• 悲天悯人bēi tiān mǐn rénto bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind
• 悲报bēi bàosad news; bad news
• 悲楚bēi chǔsorrowful; grieved

Words containing 悲

• 慈悲cí bēimercy
• 可悲kě bēilamentable
• 徐悲鸿Xú Bēi hóngXu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
• 伤悲shāng bēisad; sorrowful (literary)
• 公地悲剧gōng dì bēi jùtragedy of the commons (economics)
• 大放悲声dà fàng bēi shēngto wail loudly and mournfully (idiom)
• 乐极生悲lè jí shēng bēiextreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go…
• 转悲为喜zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐto turn grief into happiness (idiom)
• 老大徒伤悲lǎo dà tú shāng bēivain regrets of old age (idiom)
• 假慈悲jiǎ cí bēiphony mercy; sham benevolence; crocodile tears
• 慈悲为本cí bēi wéi běnmercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid…
• 大悲咒Dà bēi zhòuthe Great Compassion Mantra
• 兔死狐悲tù sǐ hú bēilit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a…
• 不以物喜，不以己悲bù yǐ wù xǐ , bù yǐ jǐ bēinot to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
• 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēiif you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age

Characters built on 非

These share the phonetic component 非 (fēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菲fēiluxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 啡fēi(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 斐fěiphonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 诽fěislander
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect
• 翡fěiused in 翡翠

Characters that look like 悲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 瑟sèa type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
• 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 筋jīnmuscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin
• 愁chóuto worry about

Sounds the same

Read bēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杯cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 碑a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele
• 卑low; base; vulgar
• 陂pool; pond; bank of a pond
• 背to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
• 鹎the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds
• 椑Fagus sylvatica
• 㮎variant of 杯