可怜

• 拼音: kě lián
• 汉字拆解: 可 = 口 + 丁, indicating ability; 怜 = 忄(heart) + 令 (order), meaning to have compassion

含义

Pitiful; pathetic; to pity. Describing someone worthy of sympathy or the act of feeling sympathy.

Can function as an adjective (pitiful, pathetic) or a verb (to pity). Describes situations or people that evoke compassion. Can be used genuinely or sometimes sarcastically. Also appears in the idiom 可怜巴巴 (pitifully).

例句

1. 那只流浪猫看起来真可怜，我想收养它。
2. 她可怜那个孤儿，决定帮助他完成学业。
3. 别装可怜了，大家都知道你在演戏。

用法指南

语境: everyday, emotional, descriptive

语气: sympathetic

正确说法

• 真可怜，他才十岁就没了父母。(How pitiful, he lost his parents at only ten years old.)
• 你别可怜我，我没事。(Don't pity me; I'm fine.)

错误说法

• 你很可怜完成了任务。(可怜 doesn't work as an adverb for completing tasks — wrong usage)

起源与历史

可 (kě, able/worth) + 怜 (lián, pity/sympathize). Together they mean 'worthy of pity' or 'to feel pity for.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal