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惜

xī

“To cherish” in Chinese is 惜 (xī).

Other characters with the syllable xi: see all 29 →

Meaning

  • to cherish
  • to begrudge
  • to pity

Example

太可惜了!

What a pity!

From 可惜 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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