凄 凉

qīliáng

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Mournful” in Chinese is 凄凉 (qīliáng).

Meaning

mournful; miserable
desolate (place)

Example

只有见识过烟火与爱情的人，才知道世间的美好与凄凉。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

qīHSK 7-910 strokesintense cold liángHSK 210 strokesthe five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)

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