# 悲哀 (bēi'āi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 悲哀 (bēi'āi) means “sorrowful; sad”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sorrowful; sad
- Pinyin: bēi'āi (bei1 ai1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 读到这个故事的结局，她感到无比悲哀。
  Dú dào zhège gùshi de jiéjú, tā gǎndào wúbǐ bēi'āi.
  Reading the ending of this tragic story filled her with sorrow.

## Characters

- 悲 (bēi): sad; sadness
- 哀 (āi): sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole

https://hanziro.com/word/bei-ai-sorrowful/

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