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凄

qī

HSK 6 Character

What 凄 means

1. intense cold
2. frigid
3. dismal
4. grim
5. bleak
6. sad
7. mournful
8. also written {凄|qī}

Other readings

凄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qīintense cold; frigid; dismal
• qīvariant of {凄|qī}; sad; mournful

Example sentences

• 我感到凄清与孤独。
  I felt sad and lonely.
• 看着眼前凄凉的景象，我们不禁流下了泪来。
  Kàn zhe yǎnqián qīliáng de jǐngxiàng, wǒmen bù jīn liú xià le lèi lái.
  The pitiful sight moved us to tears.

Words starting with 凄

• 凄凉qī liángmournful; miserable
• 凄惨qī cǎnplaintive; mournful; miserable
• 凄厉qī lìmournful (sound)
• 凄美qī měipoignant; sad and beautiful
• 凄然qī rándistressed
• 凄凄qī qīcold and dismal
• 凄苦qī kǔbleak; miserable
• 凄楚qī chǔsad; wretched; miserable
• 凄清qī qīngsomber; cheerless
• 凄梗qī gěng(literary) wailing; choking with sobs
• 凄哀qī āidesolate; mournful
• 凄迷qī mípained and bewildered
• 凄切qī qièmournful
• 凄婉qī wǎnmelancholy; moving and sad; sweet and piteous
• 凄寒qī háncold and desolate
• 凄惶qī huángdistressed and terrified; distraught (literary)
• 凄暗qī àndismal; somber
• 凄风苦雨qī fēng kǔ yǔlit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom); fig. hardships; miserable circumstances
• 凄黯qī àndismal; somber; also written 凄暗
• 凄惋qī wǎndoleful; piteous; also written 凄婉
• 凄恻qī cèheartbroken; sorrowful
• 凄怆qī chuàngpitiful; painful; heartrending

Words containing 凄

• 悲凄bēi qīpitiable; sorrowful
• 风雨凄凄fēng yǔ qī qīwretched wind and rain

Characters that look like 凄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 唐tángto exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 凑còuto gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to
• 渗shènto seep; to ooze; to horrify
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 淩língvariant of 凌

Sounds the same

Read qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 期a period of time; phase; stage
• 七seven; 7
• 妻(bound form) wife
• 戚(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 欺to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 栖to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 缉to stitch finely
• 沏to brew (tea)
• 嘁whispering sound
• 柒seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 蹊used in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī