| āi | sorrow/grief/pity/to grieve for/to pity/to lament/to condole |
| 哀 | Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 |
| 哀乐 | funeral music plaint dirge |
| 哀伤 | grief distress bereavement |
| 哀伤地 | pathetically |
| 哀兵必胜 | an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom) |
| 哀切 | full of sorrow. |
| 哀劝 | to persuade by all possible means to implore |
| 哀叫 | wail |
| 哀号 | to cry piteously anguished wailing same as 哀嚎 |
| 哀叹 | to sigh to lament to bewail |
| 哀启 | obituary (archaic term) |
| 哀告 | to beg piteously to supplicate |
| 哀告宾服 | to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit |
| 哀呼 | To utter a mournful cry. |
| 哀哀 | Sorrowful. |
| 哀哭 | to weep in sorrow |
| 哀哭切齿 | weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom) |
| 哀嚎 | to howl in grief anguished wailing same as 哀号 |
| 哀失 | bereavement |
| 哀婉 | melancholy sad and moving |