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  cai1   jyutping
  qi1   pinyin
sorrowful; grieved; sad; melancholy; afflicted; tragic; pathetic; pitiful


and can easily be confused. Not only do they share the same pronunciations (in both jyutping and pinyin) and the same simplified form (in ), but they also look very much alike in written form and are close in semantic meanings.
adjective
Stroke count: 11
Level: 3
Radical: (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
悽 / 凄

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This word has been viewed 2752 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Oct 2010 15:45

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detail  cai1 caam2  qi1 can3 = miserable; tragic; wretched
detail  bei1 cai1  bei1 qi1 = mournful; plaintive
detail  cai1 wong4  qi1 huang2 = looks sorrow and uneasy
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