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惨

cǎn

sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel

Shadow
Strokes
11
Radical
心
HSK
6
Tone
3

Traditional form: 慘

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 这种人注定惨败。

    Zhè zhǒng rén zhù dìng cǎn bài

    Such a man is bound to fail.

  • 这个故事有一个悲惨的结局。

    Zhè ge gù shi yǒu yī gè bēi cǎn de jié jú

    This story has a sad ending.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 惨

  • 惨cǎn 3miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
  • 悲惨bēi cǎn 1–3 miserable; tragic
  • 惨重cǎn zhòng 3–4 disastrous
  • 惨痛cǎn tòng 3–4 bitter; painful; deeply distressed
  • 惨白cǎn bái 3–2 deathly pale