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寂寞

jì mò

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

寂寞 (jì mò) means "lonely". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 寂寞 means

1. lonely
2. lonesome
3. (of a place) quiet
4. silent

The characters in 寂寞

• 寂jìsilent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí
• 寞mòlonesome

Example sentences

• 我很寂寞。
  I'm very lonely.
• 我最近很寂寞。
  I feel very lonely these days.
• 她的生活很寂寞。
  Tā de shēnghuó hěn jìmò.
  She lived a lonely life.
• 我最近非常寂寞。
  I feel very lonely these days.
• 汤姆感到十分寂寞。
  Tom felt very lonely.
• 我的寂寞是一条蛇。
  My loneliness is a snake.

Words containing 寂寞

• 不甘寂寞bù gān jì mòunwilling to remain lonely or idle; unwilling to be left out

Where 寂寞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Moods (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jì mò correctly.
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