HSK 6 · Emotions

惋惜 wǎnxī “to regret” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 惋惜 means

  1. to regret
  2. to feel sorry for
  3. to feel that it is a great pity
  4. to feel sorry for sb

How to say 惋惜

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale惋wǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale惜xī1st tone, high and level

惋惜 in a sentence

  1. 他没能参加比赛，大家都很惋惜。

    Tā méi néng cānjiā bǐsài, dàjiā dōu hěn wǎnxī.

    Everyone was sorry that he couldn’t take part in the competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 错过了这么好的机会，真让人惋惜。

    Cuòguò le zhème hǎo de jīhuì, zhēn ràng rén wǎnxī.

    It’s a real pity to miss such a good opportunity.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 惋惜 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 惋 (wǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
惋wǎnto sigh in regret or pity
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 宛to seem · wǎnSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 宛 (wǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with wǎn.

The character 惜 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
惜xīto cherish
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 昔past · xī

How to write 惋惜

惋 11 strokes · 惜 11 strokes

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惋惜 (wǎnxī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 惋惜 (wǎnxī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 惋惜

Words with 惜

可惜kěxī · it is a pity爱惜àixī · to cherish珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure不惜bùxī · not to hesitate (to)

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

叹气tànqì · to sigh陶醉táozuì · to be intoxicated (by)体谅tǐliàng · to be understanding唾弃tuòqì · to spurn畏惧wèijù · to fear为难wéinán · to make things difficult (for)无动于衷wúdòngyúzhōng · unmoved无精打采wújīngdǎcǎi · listless

FAQs

惋惜 (wǎnxī) means “to regret” or “to feel sorry for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wǎnxī: wǎn with a 3rd tone, then xī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 惋惜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 惋惜 from the suggestions. Typing wanxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
惋惜 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.