- 凄凉 qīliáng desolatedesolate; bleak and lonely
- 凄厉 qīlì mournfulmournful (sound)
- 凄婉 qīwǎn melancholypoignantly sad and moving; sweet and piteous in tone or expression
- 凄迷 qīmí blurred and drearydreary and blurred in appearance
- 凄凄 qīqī desolatecold and dismal
- 凄清 qīqīng sombersomber; cheerless
- 凄风苦雨 qīfēngkǔyǔ hardshipsmiserable circumstances; a situation or period of life characterized by distress and adversity
- 凄惶 qīhuáng distraughtfeeling distressed and terrified; miserable and unsettled (literary)
- 凄美 qīměi poignantevoking a sense of sadness and beauty simultaneously; hauntingly beautiful
- 凄切 qīqiè mournfulmournful; plaintive
- 凄寒 qīhán bleakcold and desolate
- 风雨凄凄 fēngyǔqīqī bleak weatherwretched wind and rain
- 凄暗 qī'àn dismaldark and gloomy, often conveying a sense of misery or desolation
- 凄惋 qīwǎn mournfulexpressing or causing deep sadness or sorrow; doleful and piteous
- 凄黯 qī'àn dismalbleak and gloomy in atmosphere or appearance