1. adjective intensely cold; frigid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Variant of 凄 (CC-CEDICT '淒'; Guoyu '淒' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '淒' 1, p. 352; Mathews 1931 '淒', p. 74; Unihan '淒'; XHZD '凄' 1, p. 580)
  2. adjective sad; lamentable; mournful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A variant of 悽 (CC-CEDICT '淒'; Guoyu '淒' adj 3; Mathews 1931 '淒', p. 74; Unihan '淒')
  3. adjective desolate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '凄' 3, p. 580)
  4. adjective intense; acute
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淒' 1b, p. 352)
  5. adjective dismal [weather]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '淒' adj 1)

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