可怜 kělián▶ Pobre

Stroke order

可怜 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 可 — 5 strokes
• 怜 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. pitiful
2. pathetic
3. to have pity on

Example sentences

• 那只小狗看起来很可怜。Nà zhī xiǎo gǒu kàn qǐlái hěn kělián.That little dog looks pitiful.
• 他很可怜那个没有家的孩子。Tā hěn kělián nàge méiyǒu jiā de háizi.He feels sorry for that child who has no home.

Related words

• 可惜desafortunadamente
• 可是sin embargo
• 可怕terrible
• 可爱Encantador
• 可见así
• 可靠fiable, confiable

可怜 is pronounced kělián and means “Pobre”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 可怜 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.