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惜

xī

HSK 4 Character

What 惜 means

1. to cherish
2. to begrudge
3. to pity
4. Taiwan pr. xí

Example sentences

• 可惜啊。
  Too bad.
• 好可惜。
  What a shame.
• 太可惜了！
  What a pity!
• 可惜电话占线。
  Kěxī diànhuà zhànxiàn.
  The number is unfortunately busy.
• 可惜这是真的。
  It is unfortunately true.
• 真是太可惜了！
  What a pity!

Words starting with 惜

• 惜别xī biéreluctant to part
• 惜命xī mìngto be mindful of one's health and safety
• 惜售xī shòuto be reluctant to sell sth
• 惜才xī cáito have an appreciation for talent in another person
• 惜福xī fúto appreciate one's good fortune
• 惜寸阴xī cùn yīnto cherish every moment; to make good use of one's time
• 惜香怜玉xī xiāng lián yùsee 怜香惜玉

Words containing 惜

• 可惜kě xīit is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
• 珍惜zhēn xīto treasure; to value; to cherish
• 爱惜ài xīto cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
• 不惜bù xīnot stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth)
• 惋惜wǎn xīto regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb
• 怜惜lián xīto take pity on; to feel tenderness toward
• 痛惜tòng xīto lament
• 吝惜lìn xīto stint; to be miserly
• 疼惜téng xīto cherish; to dote on
• 怜香惜玉lián xiāng xī yùto have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
• 顾惜gù xīto take loving care of; to value
• 体惜tǐ xīto empathize; to understand and sympathize
• 不惜血本bù xī xuè běnto spare no effort; to devote all one's energies
• 敬惜字纸jìng xī zì zhǐto treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
• 叹惜tàn xīsigh of regret
• 爱惜羽毛ài xī yǔ máo(idiom) to cherish one's reputation
• 悯惜mǐn xīto feel compassion for
• 惺惺相惜xīng xīng xiāng xī(lit.) people of talent appreciate one another (idiom)…
• 不惜一战bù xī yī zhànto be ready to go to war
• 食之无味，弃之可惜shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xīlit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)…
• 惺惺惜惺惺xīng xīng xī xīng xīngsee 惺惺相惜

Characters that look like 惜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 偿chángto repay; to compensate for; to recompense
• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 愤fènindignant; anger; resentment
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 倩qiànpretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 西west
• 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 悉in all cases; know
• 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
• 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 溪creek; rivulet