HSK 5 · Emotions

寂寞 jìmò “lonely” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 寂寞 means

  1. lonely
  2. lonesome
  3. (of a place) quiet
  4. silent

How to say 寂寞

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale寂jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale寞mò4th tone, falling

寂寞 in a sentence

  1. 我最近非常寂寞。

    Wǒ zuìjìn fēicháng jìmò.

    I’ve been feeling very lonely lately.

    Sentence #345296 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她的生活很寂寞。

    Tā de shēnghuó hěn jìmò.

    She lives a lonely life.

    Sentence #5411250 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我很寂寞。

    Wǒ hěn jìmò.

    I’m very lonely.

    Sentence #5091176 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 寂寞 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 寂 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
寂jìsilent
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 叔uncle · shūSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 叔 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 寞 (mò) with each of its parts in a different colour
寞mòlonesome
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 莫cannot · mòSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 莫 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mò.

How to write 寂寞

寂 11 strokes · 寞 13 strokes

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

Words related to 寂寞

Words with 寂

寂静jìjìng · quiet

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FAQs

寂寞 (jìmò) means “lonely” or “lonesome”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jìmò: jì with a 4th tone, then mò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 寂寞 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jimo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 寂寞 from the suggestions. Typing jimo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
寂寞 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.