"Dismal" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 阴暗 | yīn àn | dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) |   |
| 悲凉 | bēi liáng | sorrowful / dismal | |
| 惨淡 | cǎn dàn | dark / gloomy / dismal / by painstaking effort | |
| 凄 |  qī | intense cold / frigid / dismal / grim / bleak / sad / mournful | |
| 凄暗 | qī àn | dismal / somber | |
| 凄黯 | qī àn | dismal / somber / also written 淒暗|凄暗[qi1 an4] | |
| 凄凄 | qī qī | cold and dismal | |
| 悽 | qī | variant of 淒|凄, dismal / grim / lamentable / mournful | |
