可怜

可憐

kě lián

HSK 5freq #1942

Meanings

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kě lián

1.pitiful
2.pathetic
3.to have pity on

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Wiktionary

1.to have pity on; to pity
2.pitiful; pitiable; poor
3.meager; negligible (of a number or amount)
4.lovely

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Stroke order

Components

可丁口

怜忄令

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

她照顾可怜的小鸟。
She took care of the poor little bird.
这个可怜的年轻人最后成为了一个了不起的艺术家。
The poor young man finally became a great artist.

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Synonyms

同情哀憐哀怜哀矜心疼悲憫悲悯惻隱恻隐憐惜怜惜憐憫怜悯矜憫矜悯罪過罪过可憐見孽障造孽陰功冇陰功衰過苦憐現世悲可憐代

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Derived terms

一副可憐相一副可怜相可憐代可怜代可憐兮兮可怜兮兮可憐巴巴可怜巴巴可憐蟲可怜虫可憐見可怜见少得可憐少得可怜楚楚可憐楚楚可怜

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Related words

可怜见 (coll.) pitiable; to have pity on sb 可怜虫 pitiful creature 可怜巴巴 pathetic 可怜兮兮 miserable 楚楚可怜 (idiom) pitiable; sweet, innocent and vulnerable