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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 凄凉

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
凄凉 qī liáng - mournful; miserable
凄凉 qī liáng - desolate (place)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 9 17,735 14,459 7,290

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- intense cold
- frigid
- dismal
- grim
- bleak
- sad
- mournful
- also written 淒|凄[qi1]
- variant of 淒|凄[qi1]
- sad
- mournful
- intense cold
- frigid
- dismal
- grim
- bleak
- sad
- mournful
liáng- the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
liáng- cool
- cold
liàng- to let sth cool down

Other Words Containing 凄凉

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
凄凉 6 9 17,735 14,459 7,290