可 怜

kělián

adjectiveverbHSK 5

“Pitiful” in Chinese is 可怜 (kělián).

Meaning

pitiful
pathetic
to have pity on

Example

可怜的猫。

Poor cat.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kěHSK 25 strokescan; may; able to; -able liánHSK 58 strokesto pity

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