Chinese symbol for “poignant”
凄美
qī měi
Traditional: 淒美
poignant; sad and beautiful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for poignant is 凄美 (qī měi), defined as: poignant; sad and beautiful.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “poignant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哀艳 (哀豔) | āi yàn | (of poetry etc) plaintive and beautiful; poignant |
| 走心 | zǒu xīn | to take care; to be mindful |
| 缠绵悱恻 (纏綿悱惻) | chán mián fěi cè | (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom); (of music, literature etc) poignant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凄美.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凄惨 (悽慘) | qī cǎn | plaintive; mournful |
| 凄凉 (悽涼) | qī liáng | mournful; miserable |
| 凄苦 (悽苦) | qī kǔ | bleak; miserable |
| 凄厉 (淒厲) | qī lì | mournful (sound) |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
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.