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	凄慘青慘／青惨 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīcǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄘㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ caam²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhî-chhám
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhe-chhám / chhi-chhám / chhiⁿ-chhám / chheⁿ-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 Neipu)
  - 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: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Tainan, 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, Tainan): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tainan, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chhám
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-tshám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvizharm
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰĩ³³ t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chhám
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-tshám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezharm
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/

Note: chhiⁿ-chhám/chheⁿ-chhám - also written as 青慘.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci¹ cam²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi tshám
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³⁻²³ t͡sʰam⁵²/

Adjective

淒慘

miserable

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)
哀苦 (āikǔ)
心酸 (xīnsuān)
怛傷 / 怛伤 (dáshāng) (literary)
悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary)
情傷 / 情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary)
悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
悲傷 / 悲伤 (bēishāng)
悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary)
悲哀 (bēi'āi)
悲悽 / 悲凄 (bēiqī)
悽惶 / 凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary)
悱惻 / 悱恻 (fěicè) (literary)
悲愴 / 悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary)
悽愴 / 凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary)
悲慟 / 悲恸 (bēitòng)
悲慘 / 悲惨 (bēicǎn)
悽戚 / 凄戚 (qīqī) (literary)
悲戚 (bēiqī)
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)

Derived terms

Interjection

淒慘

(Eastern Min) wow!; amazing!