凄惨

Traditional form:

悽慘

Pinyin (reading):

qīcǎn

Definitions:

• plaintive
• mournful
• miserable

Characters:

• 凄 - bitter cold, miserable, dreary
• 惨 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman

Traditional characters:

• 悽 - sorrowful, grieving; melancholy
• 慘 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman