淒慘

See also: 凄惨 and 凄慘

Chinese

		intense cold; mournful	miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic
trad. (淒慘/悽慘)		淒/悽	慘
simp. (凄惨)		凄	惨
alternative forms		凄慘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīcǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄘㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ caam²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhî-chhám
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhe-chhám / chhiⁿ-chhám / chhi-chhám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹ cam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīcǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄘㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cicǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-tsʻan³
    • Yale: chī-tsǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chitsaan
    • Palladius: цицань (cicanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹ caam²
    • Yale: chāi cháam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ tsaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ cam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhî-chhám
    • Hakka Romanization System: qi´ cam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi¹ cam³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi²⁴ t͡sʰam³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-chhám
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-tshám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhezharm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chhám
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-tshám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvizharm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-chhám
    • Tâi-lô: tshi-tshám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chizharm
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁴²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci¹ cam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi tshám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³⁻²³ t͡sʰam⁵²/

Adjective

淒慘

1. miserable

Interjection

淒慘

1. (Eastern Min) wow, amazing

Synonyms

• 京京 (jīngjīng) (literary)
• 傷心／伤心 (shāngxīn)
• 傷悲／伤悲 (shāngbēi) (literary)
• 傷感／伤感 (shānggǎn)
• 傷懷／伤怀 (shānghuái) (literary)
• 傷痛／伤痛 (shāngtòng)
• 傷神／伤神 (shāngshén) (literary)
• 刺心 (cìxīn)
• 哀傷／哀伤 (āishāng)
• 哀切 (āiqiè)
• 哀怨 (āiyuàn)
• 哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī)
• 哀慟／哀恸 (āitòng)
• 哀戚 (āiqī) (literary)
• 哀痛 (āitòng)
• 心酸 (xīnsuān)
• 怛傷／怛伤 (dáshāng) (literary)
• 悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary)
• 情傷／情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary)
• 悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng)
• 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
• 悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary)
• 悲哀 (bēi'āi)
• 悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
• 悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè) (literary)
• 悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary)
• 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary)
• 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary)
• 悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn)
• 悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng)
• 悲戚 (bēiqī)
• 悽戚／凄戚 (qīqī) (literary)
• 悲摧 (bēicuī) (literary)
• 悲楚 (bēichǔ) (literary)
• 悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng)
• 悲痛 (bēitòng)
• 悲苦 (bēikǔ)
• 感傷／感伤 (gǎnshāng)
• 愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng)
• 愁楚 (chóuchǔ) (literary)
• 惻然／恻然 (cèrán) (literary)
• 愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) (literary)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn)
• 憂傷／忧伤 (yōushāng)
• 慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī)
• 憂愁／忧愁 (yōuchóu)
• 憂戚／忧戚 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 憯懍／憯懔 (cǎnlǐn)
• 懤懤／㤽㤽 (chóuchóu)
• 沉痛 (chéntòng)
• 淒切／凄切 (qīqiè)
• 淒惻／凄恻 (qīcè) (literary)
• 淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)
• 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 淒然／凄然 (qīrán) (literary)
• 痛心 (tòngxīn)
• 艱苦心／艰苦心 (Hokkien)
• 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
• 酸心 (suānxīn)
• 難受／难受 (nánshòu)
• 難過／难过 (nánguò)
• 青凊 (Hokkien)
• 黯然 (ànrán)