zhì'āi

to pay respects to the dead

  • created sense approved 志哀/誌哀 · zhì'āi · to pay respects to the dead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    志哀 / 誌哀

    zhì'āi

    to pay respects to the dead

    to express or record one's grief; to pay respects to the deceased or commemorate a tragedy (e.g. by flying a flag at half-mast)

    志 (literal) → 志/誌 · zhì · to express 哀 (literal) → 哀 · āi · sorrow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense