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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  • 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
  • 悲恼 (悲惱) 汝等不應生此悲惱 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
  • 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
  • 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
  • 心悲 (心悲) 嫡后自搣椎心悲哭呼云 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 6