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It is a pity in Chinese: 可惜 (kě xī)

kě xī

it is a pity

HSK 3.0 Level 52 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1it is a pity
  2. 2what a pity
  3. 3unfortunately

Stroke order

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可
惜

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄜˇ

kě

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧ

xī

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ i—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 可惜 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 太可惜了！

    tài kě xī le！

    What a pity!

  • 可惜这是真的。

    kě xī zhè shì zhēn de。

    It is unfortunately true.

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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

爱惜

ài xī

to cherish

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

珍惜

zhēn xī

to treasure

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