悲伤

Meaning of 悲伤

悲伤 (bēishāng) is sorrow — 悲 (grief) and 伤 (wound, hurt). One of the most explored emotions in Chinese poetry, treated not as weakness but as proof of a sensitive, living heart.

To say Sorrow in Chinese, pronounce 悲伤 as Bēi shāng. The marks over the letters show the tones — the pitch contour that distinguishes Mandarin syllables.