HSK 6 vocabularyHSK 3.0

可怜

kělián

Traditional: 可憐

Meaning of 可怜 in English

kěliánHSK 6adjective, verbSyllabus #4384
  1. pitiful
  2. pathetic
  3. to have pity on

Example sentences

  1. 她照顾可怜的小鸟。
    tā zhào gù kě lián de xiǎo niǎo。
    She took care of the poor little bird.
    Tatoeba #5613613 by verdastelo9604 · #311093 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 这个可怜的年轻人最后成为了一个了不起的艺术家。
    zhè ge kě lián de nián qīng rén zuì hòu chéng wéi le yí gè liǎo bù qǐ de yì shù jiā。
    The poor young man finally became a great artist.
    Tatoeba #336469 by fucongcong · #44295 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences