惜 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

惜 English definition

  • to cherish
  • to begrudge
  • to pity
  • Taiwan pr. [xi2]

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Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : (old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1]; to wait; servant; path;
  • : cautious; merry; joyful;
  • : (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊);
  • : bright; splendid; glorious;
  • : to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale;
  • : sound of sobbing;
  • : laugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc);
  • : to gossip; to babble (Cantonese);
  • : (sigh); (whistle);
  • : dusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • : (literary) what?; where?; why?;
  • : amusement;
  • : mountain-gorge; ravine;
  • : to hope; to admire; variant of 稀[xi1];
  • : footpath; wait for;
  • : obscure variant of 悉[xi1]; Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1];
  • : troubled; vexed;
  • : breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • : in all cases; know;
  • : to collect; to receive;
  • : former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • : dawn; to dry in the sun;
  • : white; variant of 晰[xi1];
  • : light of day;
  • : to separate; to divide; to analyze;
  • : Osmanthus fragrans;
  • : to sob;
  • : night tides; evening ebbtide; Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • : name of a river in Hubei;
  • : (onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc;
  • : Japanese variant of 溪[xi1];
  • : creek; rivulet;
  • : to agree;
  • : alkene;
  • : dry;
  • : to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • : 㣎
  • : prosperous; splendid;
  • : bright; warm;
  • : fire;
  • : sacrifice;
  • : rhinoceros; sharp;
  • : Japanese variant of 犧|牺;
  • : a polypus;
  • : to long for; to gaze at;
  • : silicon (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • : selenium (chemistry);
  • : mountain stream; creek;
  • : rare; uncommon; watery; sparse;
  • : tomb;
  • : disturbing noises;
  • : ground rice; thresh rice;
  • : fine gunny; sackcloth;
  • : same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], a mythical emperor; surname Xi;
  • : to open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant; Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • : knee;
  • : (intestinal worm);
  • : cricket;
  • : large turtles;
  • 西 : west;
  • 觿 : ivory bodkin for undoing knots;
  • : swine;
  • : footpath;
  • : place name;
  • : acyl;
  • : tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • : peacefully; quietly;
  • : pheasant;
  • : mouse;
  • 𠩺 : 凧
  • 𡗞 : 㡯

Sentences examples with 惜

  • 你不能来参加我们的聚会太可惜了。
    Nǐ bùnéng lái cānjiā wǒmen de jùhuì tài kěxíle.

Words containing 惜, by HSK level