寂寞 jìmò▶ lonely

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 寂寞 is in band 7–9. HSK 5 explained

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中寂寞。

It means lonely. Picture someone who has just moved to a new city, sitting alone in their flat on a Sunday evening, and they call a friend and say this word. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

寂寞 is written in 24 strokes across 2 characters.

• 寂 — 11 strokes
• 寞 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. lonely
2. lonesome
3. (of a place) quiet
4. silent

Characters in 寂寞

• 寂 jì — silent; solitary
• 寞 mò — lonesome

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 寂静silent

寂寞 is pronounced jìmò and means “lonely”.