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可惜kěxīit's a pity

Theme
Feelings
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
16
Characters
2

How 可惜 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

可 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
惜 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 可惜

Examples

很可惜，他不能来。

Hěn kěxī, tā bù néng lái.

What a pity, he cannot come.

  • 很hěnvery
  • 可惜kěxīit's a pity
  • 他tāhe
  • 不bùno
  • 能néngcan
  • 来láito come

这么好的机会，不去太可惜了。

Zhème hǎo de jīhuì, bú qù tài kěxī le.

Such a good chance, it would be a shame to miss it.

  • 这么zhèmeso; this
  • 好hǎogood
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 机会jīhuìchance
  • 不bùno
  • 去qùto go
  • 太tàitoo; excessively
  • 可惜kěxīit's a pity
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 可怕
  • 珍惜
  • 可是