可怜

wǒ kě lián tā

我可怜她。

I pity her.

wǒ bù huì kě lián tā de

我不会可怜他的。

I'd have no mercy on him.

duì zhè zhǒng rén shì bù néng kě lián de

对这种人是不能可怜的。

You can't pity this kind of person.

kě lián mǒu rén

可怜某人

feel pity for somebody

tā yī fù kě lián yàng

他一副可怜样。

He looks pitiable.

tā zhè yàng zi zhēn de hěn kě lián

他这样子真的很可怜。

He looks so pitiful.

zài tā yǎn li wài pó shì gè kě lián de rén

在她眼里，外婆是个可怜的人。

Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.

yǎn kàn zhe tā de qíng kuàng yī tiān tiān huài xià qu zhēn kě lián

眼看着她的情况一天天坏下去，真可怜。

It was pathetic to watch her condition deteriorate day by day.

qián shǎo de kě lián

钱少得可怜。

The money is pitiful.

shòu de kě lián

瘦得可怜

be pitifully skinny

qióng de kě lián

穷得可怜

miserably poor

bào chóu dī de kě lián de gōng zuò

报酬低得可怜的工作

poorly paid work

kě lián de xiǎo nǚ hái

可怜的小女孩

lovely little girl