Chinese symbol for “abysmal”
稀烂
xī làn
Traditional: 稀爛
thoroughly mashed; mushy; smashed up; broken into pieces; (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abysmal is 稀烂 (xī làn), defined as: thoroughly mashed; mushy; smashed up; broken into pieces; (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 稀烂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稀有 | xī yǒu | uncommon; rare |
| 稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse; rare |
| 稀缺 | xī quē | scarce; scarcity |
| 稀释 (稀釋) | xī shì | to dilute |
| 稀奇 | xī qí | rare; strange |
| 稀土 | xī tǔ | rare earth (chemistry) |
| 灿烂 (燦爛) | càn làn | to glitter; brilliant |
| 腐烂 (腐爛) | fǔ làn | to rot; to putrefy |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.