Traditional: 悲傷
悲伤 (bēi shāng) means “sad; sorrowful”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word (traditional 悲傷) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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他因为失去朋友而感到悲伤。
Tā yīnwèi shīqù péngyou ér gǎndào bēishāng.
He feels sad because he lost a friend.
Updated: 2026-07-18