惜 (xī)
to cherish/pity/regret/Taiwan pr. [xi2]
How 惜 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Traditional
- 惜
- Simplified
- 惜 (unchanged)
Common words using 惜
- 可惜 kěxī
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- 珍惜 zhēnxī
- to treasure; to value; to cherish
- 不惜 bùxī
- not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth)
- 吝惜 lìnxī
- to stint; to be miserly
- 嘆惜 tànxī
- sigh of regret
- 惋惜 wǎnxī
- to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb
- 惜別 xībié
- reluctant to part
- 惜福 xīfú
- to appreciate one's good fortune
- 愛惜 àixī
- to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
- 憐惜 liánxī
- to take pity on; to feel tenderness toward
- 憐香惜玉 liánxiāngxīyù
- to be kind to women
- 疼惜 téngxī
- to cherish; to dote on
惜 in a sentence
我們要珍惜水資源，不要浪費。
Wǒmen yào zhēnxí shuǐ zīyuán, búyào làngfèi.
“We need to cherish water resources and not waste them.”
How common is 惜?
惜 is the 1,510th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.6% of all running text.
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