可
悲

Lamentable in Chinese: 可悲 (kě bēi)

kě bēi

lamentable

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lamentable

Stroke order

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可
悲

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄜˇ

kě

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄟ

bēi

ㄅ/ bㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他的结局非常可悲。

    tā de jié jú fēi cháng kě bēi。

    His ending was truly lamentable.

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Related words

可

kě

(prefix) can

可能

kě néng

might (happen)

可以

kě yǐ

can

可爱

kě ài

adorable

可怜

kě lián

pitiful

可是

kě shì

but

可惜

kě xī

it is a pity

悲观

bēi guān

pessimistic

可见

kě jiàn

it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

可靠

kě kào

reliable

可怕

kě pà

awful

宁可

nìng kě

preferably

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