惋惜

Chinese

		regret, be sorry; alarmed	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
trad. (惋惜)		惋	惜
simp. ^#(惋惜)		惋	惜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎnxī, wànxí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun² sik¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): oán-sioh

(Teochew, Peng'im): uang² sioh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnsi
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-hsi¹
  - Yale: wǎn-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanshi
  - Palladius: ваньси (vanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànsí
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-hsi²
  - Yale: wàn-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshyi
  - Palladius: ваньси (vanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun² sik¹
  - Yale: wún sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun² sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun² xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-sioh
  - Tâi-lô: uán-sioh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnsioiq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sioʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sioʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uang² sioh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáng sioh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sioʔ²/

Middle Chinese: 'wanH sjek

Rime
Character	惋	惜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏貫切	思積切
Baxter	'wanH	sjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑn^H/	/siᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑn^H/	/siɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑn^H/	/siæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwan^H/	/siajk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑn^H/	/siɛk̚/
Wang Li	/uɑn^H/	/sĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuɑn^H/	/si̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun³	sik¹

Verb

惋惜

to feel sorry; to regret; to bemoan

Synonyms

痛惜 (tòngxī)

See also

可惜 (kěxī)
憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)