# 可惜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kěxī, kěxí
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho$^2$ sik$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho$^2$ lhet$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ko$^3$ xit$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-sit
* Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-sék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khó-sioh / khóⁿ-sioh / khó-sek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ko$^2$ sioh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kěxī
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kěsi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^3$-hsi$^1$
*** Yale: kě-syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeshi
*** Palladius: кэси (kɛsi)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kěxí
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kěsí
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^3$-hsi$^2$
*** Yale: kě-syí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeshyi
*** Palladius: кэси (kɛsi)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^2$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: hó sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^2$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^2$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ho$^2$ lhet$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ɬet̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ko$^3$ xit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo²¹³⁻¹³ ɕit̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-sit
*** Hakka Romanization System: ko$^ˋ$ xid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ko$^3$ xid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ sit̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-sék
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$lɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-sioh
*** Tâi-lô: khó-sioh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoysioiq
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɤʔ³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sioʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-sioh
*** Tâi-lô: khónn-sioh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qvofsioiq
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sioʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-sek
*** Tâi-lô: khó-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoyseg
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ko$^2$ sioh$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó sioh
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ sioʔ²/

### Adjective

可惜
* regrettable; too bad; a pity; a shame
       Kěxī tā zài tiānguó, bùnéng yǔ wǒmen tuányuán. [Pinyin]
       It's a shame she is in heaven and cannot reunite with us.

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 無彩／无彩, 拍損／拍损, 仄挩／仄捝

#### See also

* 憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)
* 惋惜 (wǎnxī)
* 遺憾／遗憾 (yíhàn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 可 | 惜 |
| あたら ||
| Grade: 5 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spelling
* 惜

### Etymology

From 可惜し (atarashi, “regrettable; tragic; precious”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あたら [àtárá] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) あったら [àttárá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠ta̠ɾa̠]
* IPA: [a̠t̚ta̠ɾa̠]

### Adverb

可惜(あたら) or 可惜(あったら) • (atara or attara)
* (archaic) regrettably; to my great regret
* (archaic) unfortunately
* (archaic) tragically

### Interjection

可惜(あたら) or 可惜(あったら) • (atara or attara)
* alas!

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN