Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 5 words

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

  1. pitiful
  2. to pity

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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.

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