HSK 5 · Adjectives

悲观 bēiguān “pessimistic” in Chinese

Traditional 悲觀

What 悲观 means

  1. pessimistic

How to say 悲观

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale悲bēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level

悲观 in a sentence

  1. 你太悲观了。

    Nǐ tài bēiguān le.

    You’re being too pessimistic.

    Sentence #13921571 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我时而乐观，时而悲观。

    Wǒ shí'ér lèguān, shí'ér bēiguān.

    Sometimes I’m optimistic, sometimes pessimistic.

    Sentence #867908 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 每个人都感到悲观。

    Měi ge rén dōu gǎndào bēiguān.

    Everyone feels pessimistic.

    Sentence #1397013 from Tatoeba

How 悲观 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 悲 (bēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
悲bēisad
  • 非wrong · fēiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 非 (fēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bēi.

The character 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn

How to write 悲观

悲 12 strokes · 观 6 strokes

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悲观 (bēiguān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 悲观 (bēiguān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 悲观

Words with 悲

悲惨bēicǎn · miserable悲哀bēi'āi · sorrowful

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观众guānzhòng · spectators观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion客观kèguān · objective乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective可观kěguān · considerable美观měiguān · attractive

More words: Adjectives

整zhěng · whole暗àn · dark薄báo · thin宝贵bǎoguì · valuable必要bìyào · necessary不安bù'ān · uneasy不得了bùdéliǎo · extremely不耐烦bùnàifán · impatient

FAQs

悲观 (bēiguān) means “pessimistic”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bēiguān: bēi with a 1st tone, then guān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 悲观 is written 悲觀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 悲观 from the suggestions. Typing beiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
悲观 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.