悲哀
bēi'āi HSK7

grieved

悲哀 bēi'āi
grieved adjective
deeply grieved; sorrowful; feeling great sadness or pain

她变得越来越悲哀。

tā biàn​de yuè​lái​yuè bēi'āi.

She became sadder and sadder.

令人悲哀的是，这种把戏每次都能起效。

lìng​rén bēi'āi de shì, zhè​zhǒng bǎ​xì měi​cì dōu néng qǐ xiào.

Sadly this trick works every time.

sorrow nounadjective
a state of grief or sadness

他知道悲哀是什么。

tā zhī​dao bēi'āi shì shén​me.

He knows what sorrow is.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
10.3 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
14.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)