凄然 qīrán sadly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 凄 淒 qī adjective mournful (bound form) sad; sorrowful; miserable; desolate; often used as a variant of 凄 qī然 rán adverbadjective [state] Used as a suffix after an adjective or adverb to describe a state or manner, similar to the English suffix "-ly".