| bēi | sad/sadness/sorrow/grief |
| 悲 | sad sadness sorrow |
| 悲不自胜 | unable to control one's grief (idiom); overwrought overcome with sorrow heart-broken |
| 悲从中来 | feel sadness welling up |
| 悲伤 | sad sorrowful |
| 悲凄 | grieved; rueful; doleful |
| 悲凉 | sorrowful dismal |
| 悲切 | mournful |
| 悲剧 | tragedy CL:出 |
| 悲剧女演员 | a tragedienne |
| 悲剧性 | tragic |
| 悲剧的 | Thespian; tragical; tragic; buskined |
| 悲剧缺陷 | tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia) |
| 悲号 | cry piteously wail |
| 悲叹 | to bewail to sigh mournfully to lament |
| 悲咽 | To choke with sadness. |
| 悲哀 | grieved sorrowful |
| 悲哽 | choke with grief |
| 悲啼 | moaning |
| 悲喜交加 | have mixed feelings; feel grief and joy intermingled |
| 悲喜交集 | mixed feelings of grief and joy |