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怜

lián

HSK 4 Character Traditional 憐

What 怜 means

1. to pity

Example sentences

• 可怜!
  How unfortunate!
• 可怜的猫。
  Poor cat.
• 你真可怜。
  It must suck to be you.
• 怜悯一点。
  Have mercy.
• 可怜死了！
  How pitiful!
• 可怜可怜我吧！
  Have pity on me.

Words starting with 怜

• 怜悯lián mǐnto take pity on; pity; mercy
• 怜惜lián xīto take pity on; to feel tenderness toward
• 怜爱lián àito have tender affection for; to love tenderly; to pamper sb
• 怜香惜玉lián xiāng xī yùto have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
• 怜恤lián xùto take pity; to show compassion
• 怜悧lián lìsee 伶俐

Words containing 怜

• 可怜kě liánpitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
• 爱怜ài liánto show tenderness; to coo over; affection
• 可怜巴巴kě lián bā bāpathetic; pitiful
• 可怜兮兮kě lián xī xīmiserable; wretched
• 同病相怜tóng bìng xiāng liánfellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
• 楚楚可怜chǔ chǔ kě lián(idiom) pitiable; sweet, innocent and vulnerable
• 可怜虫kě lián chóngpitiful creature; wretch
• 可怜见kě lián jiàn(colloquial) pitiable; to have pity on sb
• 由怜生爱yóu lián shēng àito develop love for sb out of pity for them
• 自艾自怜zì yì zì lián(idiom) to feel sorry for oneself
• 顾影自怜gù yǐng zì liánlit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)…
• 哀怜āi liánto feel compassion for; to pity
• 乞怜qǐ liánto beg for pity
• 乞哀告怜qǐ āi gào liánbegging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
• 摇尾乞怜yáo wěi qǐ liánlit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom)…
• 惜香怜玉xī xiāng lián yùsee 怜香惜玉

Characters that look like 怜

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

• 修xiūto decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 恰qiàexactly; just
• 绎yìcontinuous; to interpret; to unravel
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
• 绔kùvariant of 裤

Sounds the same

Read lián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 连to link; to join; to connect
• 联(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join…
• 帘flag used as a shop sign; variant of 帘
• 廉incorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 莲lotus
• 濂name of a river in Hunan
• 涟ripple; tearful
• 镰(bound form) sickle
• 鲢Hypophthalmichthys moritrix
• 裢pouch hung from belt
• 奁bridal trousseau
• 蠊used in 蜚蠊