bēi

  1. bēi noun sadness; sorrow; grief
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: pij (Guoyu '悲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '悲' 1)
  2. bēi verb grieved; to be sorrowful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 悲痛 (ABC 'bēi' sv; Ci Yuan '悲' 1; Guoyu '悲' v 1; Kroll 2015 '悲' 2, p. 12; GHC '悲' 1; NCCED '悲' 1)
  3. bēi verb to think fondly of
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 怀念 (GHC '悲' 3; Guoyu '悲' v 2)
  4. bēi verb to pity; to mercy; to have compassion for
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 哀怜 or 怜悯 (Ci Yuan '悲' 2; GHC '悲' 2; Kroll 2015 '悲' 3, p. 12; NCCED '悲' 2)
  5. bēi verb to sigh
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous in this sense with 感叹 or 慨叹 (Guoyu '悲' adj 2)
  6. bēi noun Kindness
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  7. bēi noun compassion; empathy; karuna
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: karuṇā, or: kāruṇya, Pali: karuṇā, Japanese: hi, Tibetan: snying rje; one of the 四無量心 'four immeasurables' (ABC 'bēi' bf; BCSD '悲', p. 483; BL 'karuṇā'; Ci Yuan '悲' 3; FGDB '悲'; Kroll 2015 '悲' 4, p. 12; Mahāvyutpatti 'karuṇā'; MW 'karuṇā'; SH '悲', p. 371)

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悲天悯人悲戚悲悲切切悲恻悲喜交集悲歌慷慨悲秋伤春悲剧性悲吒悲欢离合假慈悲乐极悲来悲悼悲愁悲伤悲喜交加

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  • Scroll 2 Mahāpuruṣaśāstra (Da Zhangfu Lun) 大丈夫論 — count: 76
  • Scroll 3 Weimo Yi Ji 維摩義記 — count: 68
  • Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 57
  • Scroll 11 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 54
  • Scroll 1 Upāsakāśīlasūtra (Youposai Jie Jing) 優婆塞戒經 — count: 50
  • Scroll 11 Vibhāṣāśāstra (Bing Po Sha Lun) 鞞婆沙論 — count: 47
  • Scroll 9 Mahāyānasūtralāṃkāraśāstra (Dacheng Zhuangyan Jinglun) 大乘莊嚴經論 — count: 46
  • Scroll 35 Xin Huayan Jing Lun 新華嚴經論 — count: 42
  • Scroll 83 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 40
  • Scroll 37 Xin Huayan Jing Lun 新華嚴經論 — count: 39

Collocations

  • 悲号 (悲號) 舉聲悲號 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 30
  • 悲愍 (悲愍) 悲愍有情 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 3 — count: 27
  • 悲哭 (悲哭) 悲哭且來 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 14
  • 佛悲 (佛悲) 佛悲愍心 — Reciting in Concert (Daji Famen Jing) 大集法門經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
  • 悲喜 (悲喜) 如是悲喜心與捨俱 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 26 — count: 10
  • 悲憹 (悲憹) 心復悲憹 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 悲菩萨 (悲菩薩) 常悲菩薩 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 7 — count: 7
  • 悲恼 (悲惱) 汝等不應生此悲惱 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
  • 修悲 (修悲) 修悲禪觀 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
  • 悲解脱 (悲解脫) 我行悲解脫 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6