悲观 meaning in English

bēiguān

pessimistic

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 悲觀18 strokes

Meaning of 悲观

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bēiguān
  1. pessimistic

悲观 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

每měi个gè人rén都dōu感gǎn到dào悲bēi观guān。
Everyone feels pessimistic.
不bú要yào感gǎn觉jué那nà么me悲bēi观guān。
Don't be so pessimistic.
没méi有yǒu悲bēi观guān主zhǔ义yì者zhě就jiù没méi有yǒu乐lè观guān主zhǔ义yì者zhě。
If there were no pessimists, neither would there be any optimists.
你nǐ太tài悲bēi观guān了le。
You're being too pessimistic.
我wǒ时shí而ér乐lè观guān,时shí而ér悲bēi观guān。
I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.

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悲 bēi · sorrow · 12 strokes

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观 guān · to observe · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 悲观.

观点guāndiǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
参观cānguānto visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
观众guānzhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
观察guāncháto observe; to watch; to survey
观看guānkànto watch; to view
乐观lèguānoptimistic; hopeful
观念guānniànnotion; thought
客观kèguānobjective; impartial
悲伤bēishāngsad; sorrowful
悲剧bēijùtragedy
主观zhǔguānsubjective
悲惨bēicǎnmiserable; tragic

Questions about 悲观

What does 悲观 mean?

悲观 (bēiguān) means "pessimistic" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 悲观?

悲观 is made of 2 characters: 悲 (12 strokes), 观 (6 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 悲观 an HSK word?

Yes. 悲观 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 悲观 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 悲观 is written 悲觀.