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遗憾

yí hàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 遺憾

遗憾 (yí hàn) means "regret; a pity". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 遗憾 means

1. regret
2. to regret
3. to be sorry that

The characters in 遗憾

• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 憾hànregret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)

Example sentences

• 多遗憾啊！
  What a pity!
• 令人遗憾。
  Regrettable.
• 很遗憾你不能来。
  It's a pity that you couldn't come.
• 很遗憾，下雨了。
  Unfortunately, it rained.
• 我觉得太遗憾了。
  I have a lot of regrets.
• 很遗憾你们不能来。
  It's a pity that you can't come.

Where 遗憾 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Festivals, Origins & Reasons (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yí hàn correctly.
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