憐惜

憐惜

Chinese

		to pity	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
trad. (憐惜)		憐	惜
simp. (怜惜)		怜	惜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánxī, liánxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ sik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): lîn-sioh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: liánxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianshi
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: liánxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianshyi
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: lìhn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-sioh
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-sioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linsioiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ɕioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ɕioʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³⁻²² ɕioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³⁻³³ ɕiɤʔ³²/

Verb

憐惜

1. to take pity on; to have pity for

Synonyms

• 憐憫／怜悯 (liánmǐn)

See also

• 可惜 (kěxī)
• 惋惜 (wǎnxī)