淒慘

See also: 凄惨 and 凄慘

Chinese

	intense cold; mournful	miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic
trad. (淒慘/悽慘)	淒/悽	慘
simp. (凄惨)	凄	惨
alternative forms	凄慘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīcǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄘㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ caam²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhî-chhám
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhe-chhám / chhiⁿ-chhám / chhi-chhám

(Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹ cam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīcǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄘㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cicǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-tsʻan³
  - Yale: chī-tsǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chitsaan
  - Palladius: цицань (cicanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cai¹ caam²
  - Yale: chāi cháam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ tsaam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ cam²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːm³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhî-chhám
  - Hakka Romanization System: qi^ˊ cam^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qi¹ cam³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi²⁴ t͡sʰam³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-chhám
  - Tâi-lô: tshe-tshám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhezharm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chhám
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-tshám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvizharm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴��²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁴²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-chhám
  - Tâi-lô: tshi-tshám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chizharm
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁴²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci¹ cam²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi tshám
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³⁻²³ t͡sʰam⁵²/

Adjective

淒慘

miserable

Interjection

淒慘

(Eastern Min) wow, amazing

Synonyms

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京京 (jīngjīng) (literary)
傷心／伤心 (shāngxīn)
傷悲／伤悲 (shāngbēi) (literary)
傷感／伤感 (shānggǎn)
傷懷／伤怀 (shānghuái) (literary)
傷痛／伤痛 (shāngtòng)
傷神／伤神 (shāngshén) (literary)
刺心 (cìxīn)
哀傷／哀伤 (āishāng)
哀切 (āiqiè)
哀怨 (āiyuàn)
哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī)
哀慟／哀恸 (āitòng)
哀戚 (āiqī) (literary)
哀痛 (āitòng)
心酸 (xīnsuān)
怛傷／怛伤 (dáshāng) (literary)
悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary)
情傷／情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary)
悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng)
悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary)
悲哀 (bēi'āi)
悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè) (literary)
悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary)
悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary)
悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary)
悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn)
悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng)
悲戚 (bēiqī)
悽戚／凄戚 (qīqī) (literary)
悲摧 (bēicuī) (literary)
悲楚 (bēichǔ) (literary)
悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng)
悲痛 (bēitòng)
悲苦 (bēikǔ)
感傷／感伤 (gǎnshāng)
愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng)
愁楚 (chóuchǔ) (literary)
惻然／恻然 (cèrán) (literary)
愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) (literary)
慘／惨 (cǎn)
憂傷／忧伤 (yōushāng)
慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī)
憂愁／忧愁 (yōuchóu)
憂戚／忧戚 (yōuqī) (literary)
慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
憯懍／憯懔 (cǎnlǐn)
懤懤／㤽㤽 (chóuchóu)
沉痛 (chéntòng)
淒切／凄切 (qīqiè)
淒惻／凄恻 (qīcè) (literary)
淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)
淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
淒然／凄然 (qīrán) (literary)
痛心 (tòngxīn)
艱苦心／艰苦心 (Hokkien)
蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
酸心 (suānxīn)
難受／难受 (nánshòu)
難過／难过 (nánguò)
青凊 (Hokkien)
黯然 (ànrán)