Suffix used after certain adjectives to exaggerate their quality (e.g. [[脏兮兮|髒兮兮|zang1 xi1 xi1]] or [[可怜兮兮|可憐兮兮|ke3 lian2 xi1 xi1]])

very much soiled; filthy; describes something that is in a very messy or unclean state

I'm going home; I'm homeward bound. (Used as a literary expression to mean "Let's go back!")

very wretched; miserable or pitiful in appearance or manner

extremely tragic; looking very sad or wretched

within misfortune lies the seeds of good fortune, and within good fortune lurks the disaster to come; the concept that calamity and blessing are interdependent

extremely miserable or poverty-stricken