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可怜 kělián

可怜 kělián Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 可怜 kělián .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kělián | ke3 lian2
English translation
pitiful
pathetic
to have pity on

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About 可怜 kělián

Read some general information about the Chinese word 可怜 kělián .

HSK level

4

Traditional form

可憐

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 可怜 kělián

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可 kě

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

The right component is a pictograph of an axe handle, now written as 柯 kē (kē). 口 kǒu (mouth) was added later to indicate that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

口 kǒu

Semantic compound

丁 Dīng

Positional decomposition

⿻丁口

Number of Strokes

5
怜 lián

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 xīn represents the meaning and 令 Líng represents the sound. Simplified form of 憐 lián .

Phonetic compound

令 Líng

Semantic compound

忄 xīn

Positional decomposition

⿰忄令

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 可怜 kělián

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这 zhè 可怜 kělián 的 de 孩子 háizi 闻 Wén 到 dào 了 le 香喷喷 xiāng pēn pēn 的 de 肉 ròu 味 wèi .

The poor boy smelled the delicious odour of cooked meat.

住 zhù 在 zài 贫民窟 pín mín kū 里 lǐ 的 de 这些 zhè xiē 人 rén 生活 shēnghuó 多 duō 可怜 kělián 呀 ya !

What a wretched existence these people lead in the slums!

可怜 kělián 的 de 小 xiǎo 狗 gǒu 又 yòu 瘦 shòu 又 yòu 饿 è .

The poor little dog was very thin and hungry.

我 wǒ 看见 kànjiàn 这株可怜 kělián 的 de 小 xiǎo 东西 dōngxī 弯 wān 倒 dǎo 在 zài 地 de .

I found the slender young thing bent to the earth.

当 dāng 老 lǎo 恩 ēn 萧 xiāo 发现 fāxiàn 他 tā 的 de 儿子 érzi 这样 zhè yàng 虐待 nüèdài 他 tā 所谓 suǒ wèi 的 de 可怜 kělián 的 de 孤儿 gū ér 时 shí , 这种 zhè zhǒng 逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu 使 shǐ 老恩萧 xiāo 冒火 mào huǒ 了 le .

This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called

可怜 kělián Decomposition

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可怜 kělián Compounds

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