# 可怜 (kělián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 可怜 (kělián) means “pitiful; to pity”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: pitiful; to pity
- Pinyin: kělián (ke3 lian2)
- Traditional: 可憐
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 那只流浪猫看起来很可怜。
  Nà zhī liúlàngmāo kàn qǐlái hěn kělián.
  That stray cat looks so pitiful.

## Characters

- [可](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-but-however/) (kě): but, however; can, may
- 怜 (lián): to pity

https://hanziro.com/word/ke-lian-pitiful/

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