liáng

HSK 7-9
common
literary

Meaning of 凄凉

凄凉 means desolate; bleak; dreary; forlorn; miserable; wretched; tragic. Pronounced qī liáng. HSK 7-9.

  • desolate; bleak; dreary; forlorn
  • miserable; wretched; tragic

Definitions & Examples

Zhàn
zhēng
guò
hòu
 
chéng
shì
piàn
liáng
 

After the war, the city was desolate.

Qiū
fēng
chuī
guò
 
mǎn
yuán
luò
 
jǐng
xiàng
shí
fēn
liáng
 

The autumn wind blew, and the garden was full of fallen leaves, a very bleak scene.

rén
zhù
zài
shān
 
shēng
huó
yǒu
xiē
liáng
 

He lives alone in the mountains, and his life is somewhat forlorn.