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怜

lián

pity, sympathize

Strokes
8
Radical
心
HSK
4
Tone
2

Other readings: líng

Traditional form: 憐

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 你为什么这么可怜?

    Nǐ wèi shén me zhè me kě lián

    Why are you so unfortunate?

  • 可怜死了!

    Kě lián sǐ le

    How pitiful!

  • 她照顾可怜的小鸟。

    Tā zhào gu kě lián de xiǎo niǎo

    She took care of the poor little bird.

  • 可怜的猫。

    Kě lián de māo

    Poor cat.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 怜

  • 可怜kě lián 3–2 pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
  • 怜惜lián xī 2–1 to take pity on; to feel tenderness toward