intense cold

frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful

ice (冫) + wife (妻) = bitter cold and bleakness

冫 is the ice radical, anchoring the sense of biting cold and bleakness. 妻 is phonetic, lending the qī sound without contributing to the meaning.

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IceSemantic
WifePhonetic

秋风吹来,天气变得有些冷。

qiū fēng chuī lái, tiān qì biàn de yǒu xiē qī lěng。

The autumn wind blows in, and the weather has become somewhat bleakly cold.

她一个人站在雨中,神情十分苦。

tā yī gè rén zhàn zài yǔ zhōng, shén qíng shí fēn qī kǔ。

She stood alone in the rain, her expression utterly sad and wretched.

Words with 凄

风雨凄凄

fēng yǔ qī qī

wretched wind and rain

凄梗

qī gěng

(literary) wailing; choking with sobs

悲凄

bēi qī

pitiable

凄哀

qī āi

desolate

凄恻

qī cè

heartbroken

凄怆

qī chuàng

pitiful; painful; heartrending

凄惨

qī cǎn

plaintive

凄楚

qī chǔ

sad; wretched; miserable

凄然

qī rán

distressed

凄苦

qī kǔ

bleak; miserable

凄切

qī qiè

mournful

凄厉

qī lì

mournful (sound)

More characters with 冫