悲惨 bēicǎn▶ sengsara

Stroke order

悲惨 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 悲 — 12 strokes
• 惨 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. miserable
2. tragic

Related words

• 悲哀Kesedihan; duka
• 悲观Pesimisme

悲惨 is pronounced bēicǎn and means “sengsara”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 悲惨 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.