惋惜

Chinese

		regret, be sorry; alarmed	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
trad. (惋惜)		惋	惜
simp. #(惋惜)		惋	惜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnxī, wànxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun² sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-sioh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnsi
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-hsi¹
    • Yale: wǎn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanshi
    • Palladius: ваньси (vanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànsí
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-hsi²
    • Yale: wàn-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshyi
    • Palladius: ваньси (vanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun² sik¹
    • Yale: wún sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-sioh
    • Tâi-lô: uán-sioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnsioiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sioʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sioʔ³²/

Verb

惋惜

1. to feel sorry; to regret; to bemoan

Synonyms

• 痛惜 (tòngxī)

See also

• 可惜 (kěxī)
• 憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)

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