"悲催" meaning in Chinese

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Adjective

IPA: /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: bēicuī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄟ ㄘㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bēicuī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄟ ㄘㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], beicuei [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pei¹-tsʻui¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bēi-tswēi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], beitsuei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бэйцуй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bɛjcuj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard]
Etymology: A modern homophone transformation of the obsolete Classical Chinese word 悲摧 (bēicuī, “sorrowful, plaintive”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|悲摧|sorrowful, plaintive}} 悲摧 (bēicuī, “sorrowful, plaintive”) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 悲催
  1. (neologism, humorous) out of luck; unlucky; unfortunate Tags: humorous, neologism
    Sense id: en-悲催-zh-adj-rKoAufwX Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. (neologism, humorous) miserable; tragic Tags: humorous, neologism Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-悲催-zh-adj-D3PCGZVp Disambiguation of Emotions: 35 65 Categories (other): Chinese neologisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 不幸 (bùxìng), 倒運 (dǎoyùn), 倒运 (dǎoyùn), 倒霉 (dǎoméi), 敗興 (bàixìng) [regional], 败兴 (bàixìng) [regional], 晦氣 (huìqì), 晦气 (huìqì), 背時 (bèishí), 背时 (bèishí), 背興 (bèixìng) [regional], 背兴 (bèixìng) [regional], 京京 (jīngjīng) [literary], 傷心 (shāngxīn), 伤心 (shāngxīn), 傷悲 (shāngbēi) [literary], 伤悲 (shāngbēi) [literary], 傷感 (shānggǎn), 伤感 (shānggǎn), 傷懷 (shānghuái) [literary], 伤怀 (shānghuái) [literary], 傷痛 (shāngtòng), 伤痛 (shāngtòng), 傷神 (shāngshén) [literary], 伤神 (shāngshén) [literary], 刺心 (cìxīn), 哀傷 (āishāng), 哀伤 (āishāng), 哀切 (āiqiè), 哀怨 (āiyuàn), 哀悽 (āiqī), 哀凄 (āiqī), 哀慟 (āitòng), 哀恸 (āitòng), 哀戚 (āiqī) [literary], 哀痛 (āitòng), 心酸 (xīnsuān), 怛傷 (dáshāng) [literary], 怛伤 (dáshāng) [literary], 悄然 (qiǎorán) [literary], 情傷 (qíngshāng) [literary], 情伤 (qíngshāng) [literary], 悲傷 (bēishāng), 悲伤 (bēishāng), 悲切 (bēiqiè) [literary], 悲哀 (bēi'āi), 悲悽 (bēiqī), 悲凄 (bēiqī), 悽惶 (qīhuáng) [literary], 凄惶 (qīhuáng) [literary], 悱惻 (fěicè) [literary], 悱恻 (fěicè) [literary], 悽愴 (qīchuàng) [literary], 凄怆 (qīchuàng) [literary], 悲愴 (bēichuàng) [literary], 悲怆 (bēichuàng) [literary], 悲慘 (bēicǎn), 悲惨 (bēicǎn), 悲慟 (bēitòng), 悲恸 (bēitòng), 悽戚 (qīqī) [literary], 凄戚 (qīqī) [literary], 悲戚 (bēiqī), 悲摧 (bēicuī) [literary], 悲楚 (bēichǔ) [literary], 悲涼 (bēiliáng), 悲凉 (bēiliáng), 悲痛 (bēitòng), 悲苦 (bēikǔ), 感傷 (gǎnshāng), 感伤 (gǎnshāng), 愀愴 (qiǎochuàng), 愀怆 (qiǎochuàng), 愁楚 (chóuchǔ) [literary], 惻然 (cèrán) [literary], 恻然 (cèrán) [literary], 愴然 (chuàngrán) [literary], 怆然 (chuàngrán) [literary], (cǎn), (cǎn), 憂傷 (yōushāng), 忧伤 (yōushāng), 慘悽 (cǎnqī), 惨凄 (cǎnqī), 憂愁 (yōuchóu), 忧愁 (yōuchóu), 憂戚 (yōuqī) [literary], 忧戚 (yōuqī) [literary], 慘淡 (cǎndàn), 惨淡 (cǎndàn), 憯懍 (cǎnlǐn), 憯懔 (cǎnlǐn), 懤懤 (chóuchóu), 㤽㤽 (chóuchóu), 沉痛 (chéntòng), 淒切 (qīqiè), 凄切 (qīqiè), 淒惻 (qīcè) [literary], 凄恻 (qīcè) [literary], 淒慘 (qīcǎn), 凄惨 (qīcǎn), 淒楚 (qīchǔ), 凄楚 (qīchǔ), 淒涼 (qīliáng), 凄凉 (qīliáng), 淒然 (qīrán) [literary], 凄然 (qīrán) [literary], 痛心 (tòngxīn), 艱苦心 [Hokkien], 艰苦心 [Hokkien], 蒼涼 (cāngliáng), 苍凉 (cāngliáng), 酸心 (suānxīn), 難受 (nánshòu), 难受 (nánshòu), 難過 (nánguò), 难过 (nánguò), 青凊 [Hokkien], 黯然 (ànrán)

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      "roman": "dǎoyùn",
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      "roman": "dǎoyùn",
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      "roman": "shāngtòng",
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      "roman": "shāngshén",
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      "word": "傷神"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shāngshén",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "伤神"
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      "roman": "cìxīn",
      "word": "刺心"
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      "roman": "āishāng",
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      "roman": "āishāng",
      "word": "哀伤"
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      "roman": "āiqiè",
      "word": "哀切"
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      "roman": "āiyuàn",
      "word": "哀怨"
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    {
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      "roman": "āiqī",
      "word": "哀悽"
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    {
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      "roman": "āiqī",
      "word": "哀凄"
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      "roman": "āitòng",
      "word": "哀慟"
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      "roman": "āitòng",
      "word": "哀恸"
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    {
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      "roman": "āiqī",
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      "roman": "xīnsuān",
      "word": "心酸"
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      "roman": "dáshāng",
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      "word": "怛傷"
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      "roman": "dáshāng",
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      "word": "怛伤"
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      "roman": "qiǎorán",
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      "word": "悄然"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qíngshāng",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "情傷"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qíngshāng",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "情伤"
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      "roman": "bēishāng",
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      "roman": "bēishāng",
      "word": "悲伤"
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      "roman": "bēiqiè",
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      "word": "悲切"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēi'āi",
      "word": "悲哀"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēiqī",
      "word": "悲悽"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēiqī",
      "word": "悲凄"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīhuáng",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "悽惶"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīhuáng",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "凄惶"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fěicè",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "悱惻"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fěicè",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "悱恻"
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    {
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      "roman": "qīchuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "悽愴"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīchuàng",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "凄怆"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēichuàng",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "悲愴"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēichuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "悲怆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēicǎn",
      "word": "悲慘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēicǎn",
      "word": "悲惨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēitòng",
      "word": "悲慟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēitòng",
      "word": "悲恸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悽戚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄戚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēiqī",
      "word": "悲戚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēicuī",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "悲摧"
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      "roman": "bēichǔ",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "悲楚"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēiliáng",
      "word": "悲涼"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēiliáng",
      "word": "悲凉"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēitòng",
      "word": "悲痛"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bēikǔ",
      "word": "悲苦"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gǎnshāng",
      "word": "感傷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gǎnshāng",
      "word": "感伤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiǎochuàng",
      "word": "愀愴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiǎochuàng",
      "word": "愀怆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chóuchǔ",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "愁楚"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cèrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "惻然"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cèrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "恻然"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chuàngrán",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "愴然"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chuàngrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "怆然"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎn",
      "word": "慘"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎn",
      "word": "惨"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōushāng",
      "word": "憂傷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōushāng",
      "word": "忧伤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎnqī",
      "word": "慘悽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎnqī",
      "word": "惨凄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōuchóu",
      "word": "憂愁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōuchóu",
      "word": "忧愁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōuqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "憂戚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōuqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "忧戚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎndàn",
      "word": "慘淡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎndàn",
      "word": "惨淡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎnlǐn",
      "word": "憯懍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎnlǐn",
      "word": "憯懔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chóuchóu",
      "word": "懤懤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chóuchóu",
      "word": "㤽㤽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chéntòng",
      "word": "沉痛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīqiè",
      "word": "淒切"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīqiè",
      "word": "凄切"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīcè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "淒惻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīcè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄恻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīcǎn",
      "word": "淒慘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīcǎn",
      "word": "凄惨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīchǔ",
      "word": "淒楚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīchǔ",
      "word": "凄楚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīliáng",
      "word": "淒涼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīliáng",
      "word": "凄凉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "淒然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tòngxīn",
      "word": "痛心"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "艱苦心"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "艰苦心"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cāngliáng",
      "word": "蒼涼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cāngliáng",
      "word": "苍凉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "suānxīn",
      "word": "酸心"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nánshòu",
      "word": "難受"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nánshòu",
      "word": "难受"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nánguò",
      "word": "難過"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nánguò",
      "word": "难过"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "青凊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ànrán",
      "word": "黯然"
    }
  ],
  "word": "悲催"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "zh:Emotions"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "悲摧",
        "2": "sorrowful, plaintive"
      },
      "expansion": "悲摧 (bēicuī, “sorrowful, plaintive”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A modern homophone transformation of the obsolete Classical Chinese word 悲摧 (bēicuī, “sorrowful, plaintive”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "悲催",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese humorous terms",
        "Chinese neologisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "out of luck; unlucky; unfortunate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "out of luck",
          "out of luck"
        ],
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism, humorous) out of luck; unlucky; unfortunate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "neologism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese humorous terms",
        "Chinese neologisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "miserable; tragic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "miserable",
          "miserable"
        ],
        [
          "tragic",
          "tragic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism, humorous) miserable; tragic"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bēicuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄟ ㄘㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bēicuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄟ ㄘㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beicuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei¹-tsʻui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bēi-tswēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beitsuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэйцуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛjcuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùxìng",
      "word": "不幸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎoyùn",
      "word": "倒運"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎoyùn",
      "word": "倒运"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎoméi",
      "word": "倒霉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàixìng",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "敗興"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàixìng",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "败兴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huìqì",
      "word": "晦氣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huìqì",
      "word": "晦气"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèishí",
      "word": "背時"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèishí",
      "word": "背时"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèixìng",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "背興"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèixìng",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "背兴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngjīng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "京京"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngxīn",
      "word": "傷心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngxīn",
      "word": "伤心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngbēi",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "傷悲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngbēi",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "伤悲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shānggǎn",
      "word": "傷感"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shānggǎn",
      "word": "伤感"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shānghuái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "傷懷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shānghuái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "伤怀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngtòng",
      "word": "傷痛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngtòng",
      "word": "伤痛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngshén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "傷神"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngshén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "伤神"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cìxīn",
      "word": "刺心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āishāng",
      "word": "哀傷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āishāng",
      "word": "哀伤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āiqiè",
      "word": "哀切"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āiyuàn",
      "word": "哀怨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āiqī",
      "word": "哀悽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āiqī",
      "word": "哀凄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āitòng",
      "word": "哀慟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āitòng",
      "word": "哀恸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āiqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "哀戚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āitòng",
      "word": "哀痛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnsuān",
      "word": "心酸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dáshāng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "怛傷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dáshāng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "怛伤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiǎorán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悄然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngshāng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "情傷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngshāng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "情伤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēishāng",
      "word": "悲傷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēishāng",
      "word": "悲伤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēiqiè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悲切"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēi'āi",
      "word": "悲哀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēiqī",
      "word": "悲悽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēiqī",
      "word": "悲凄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīhuáng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悽惶"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīhuáng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄惶"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fěicè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悱惻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fěicè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悱恻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīchuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悽愴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīchuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄怆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēichuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悲愴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēichuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悲怆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēicǎn",
      "word": "悲慘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēicǎn",
      "word": "悲惨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēitòng",
      "word": "悲慟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēitòng",
      "word": "悲恸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悽戚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄戚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēiqī",
      "word": "悲戚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēicuī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悲摧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēichǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "悲楚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēiliáng",
      "word": "悲涼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēiliáng",
      "word": "悲凉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēitòng",
      "word": "悲痛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bēikǔ",
      "word": "悲苦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎnshāng",
      "word": "感傷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎnshāng",
      "word": "感伤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiǎochuàng",
      "word": "愀愴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiǎochuàng",
      "word": "愀怆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chóuchǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "愁楚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cèrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "惻然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cèrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "恻然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chuàngrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "愴然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chuàngrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "怆然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎn",
      "word": "慘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎn",
      "word": "惨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōushāng",
      "word": "憂傷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōushāng",
      "word": "忧伤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnqī",
      "word": "慘悽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnqī",
      "word": "惨凄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuchóu",
      "word": "憂愁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuchóu",
      "word": "忧愁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "憂戚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuqī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "忧戚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎndàn",
      "word": "慘淡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎndàn",
      "word": "惨淡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnlǐn",
      "word": "憯懍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnlǐn",
      "word": "憯懔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chóuchóu",
      "word": "懤懤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chóuchóu",
      "word": "㤽㤽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéntòng",
      "word": "沉痛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīqiè",
      "word": "淒切"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīqiè",
      "word": "凄切"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīcè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "淒惻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīcè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄恻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīcǎn",
      "word": "淒慘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīcǎn",
      "word": "凄惨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīchǔ",
      "word": "淒楚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīchǔ",
      "word": "凄楚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīliáng",
      "word": "淒涼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīliáng",
      "word": "凄凉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "淒然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīrán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "凄然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tòngxīn",
      "word": "痛心"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "艱苦心"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "艰苦心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cāngliáng",
      "word": "蒼涼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cāngliáng",
      "word": "苍凉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suānxīn",
      "word": "酸心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánshòu",
      "word": "難受"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánshòu",
      "word": "难受"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánguò",
      "word": "難過"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánguò",
      "word": "难过"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "青凊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ànrán",
      "word": "黯然"
    }
  ],
  "word": "悲催"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.