可怜兮兮 kěliánxīxī miserable Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 可怜 可憐 kělián adjective pitiful deserving of sympathy or pity; poor; wretched兮 xī reduplication [exclamatory] Used in classical poetry and literature, either in the middle or at the end of a sentence, to express exclamation or to pause for rhythm; similar to modern 啊 a