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可惜

kěxī

it is a pity

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Meaning of 可惜 in English

kěxīHSK 4adjectiveSyllabus #1429
  1. it is a pity
  2. what a pity
  3. unfortunately

Example sentences

  1. 真是太可惜了！
    zhēn shì tài kě xī le！
    What a pity!
    Tatoeba #2347835 by GlossaMatik · #24885 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 可惜这是真的。
    kě xī zhè shì zhēn de。
    It's unfortunately true.
    Tatoeba #38 by fucongcong · #8873732 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 可惜这是真的。
    kě xī zhè shì zhēn de。
    Unfortunately, it's true.
    Tatoeba #38 by fucongcong · #350134 by human600 · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

可 on its own →
kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able

HSK words with 可

可以HSK 1可能HSK 2可HSK 3可爱HSK 3可是HSK 3可见HSK 5可靠HSK 5可怕HSK 5可口HSK 6可怜HSK 6
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HSK words with 惜

珍惜HSK 5爱惜HSK 7–9不惜HSK 7–9怜惜HSK 7–9惋惜HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences