可惜

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
simp. and trad. (可惜)		可	惜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěxī, kěxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-sit
• Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-sék
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khóⁿ-sioh / khó-sioh / khó-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěsi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-hsi¹
    • Yale: kě-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeshi
    • Palladius: кэси (kɛsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěsí
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-hsi²
    • Yale: kě-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeshyi
    • Palladius: кэси (kɛsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² sik¹
    • Yale: hó sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko` xid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ sit̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-sék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-sioh
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-sioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofsioiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sioʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-sioh
    • Tâi-lô: khó-sioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoysioiq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɤʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sioʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-sek
    • Tâi-lô: khó-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoyseg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 可惜

1. regrettable; too bad; a pity; a shame

   可惜她在天國，不能與我們團圓。 [MSC, trad.]
   可惜她在天国，不能与我们团圆。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kěxī tā zài tiānguó, bùnéng yǔ wǒmen tuányuán. [Pinyin]

   It's a shame she is in heaven and cannot reunite with us.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 無彩／无彩

See also

• 憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)
• 惋惜 (wǎnxī)
• 遺憾／遗憾 (yíhàn)

(deprecated template usage)