可惜

kě xī

HSK 2.0 等级 4 HSK 3.0 等级 4 形容词 常见

释义

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

词语关系

Antonyms

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• 幸好 xìng hǎo 幸好 xìng hǎo fortunately as an opposite expressing relief that something bad didn't happen: fortunately

Register variants

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• 惋惜 wǎn xī 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret more formal and literary synonym for 'it's a pity': to regret

Related words

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• 倒霉 dǎo méi 倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck related adjective for unlucky or unfortunate situations: to have bad luck

Usage notes

Collocations

Common pattern: 可惜 + 的是 to mean 'what is regrettable is that...', e.g., 可惜的是他没来 (Unfortunately, he didn't come).

Common mistakes

可惜 is an adjective, not a verb. Avoid saying *我可惜 (I pity). Use 我觉得可惜 or 为...感到可惜 instead.

例句

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真 可惜 ，今天下雨了。

What a pity, it's raining today.

可惜 ！

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可惜 。

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好 可惜 。

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包含 可惜 的词语

• 食之无味，弃之可惜 食之无味，弃之可惜 shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī: lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)

可惜 的构成词

• 可 可 kě: can
• 惜 惜 xī: to cherish