可悲

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
trad. (可悲)		可	悲
simp. #(可悲)		可	悲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² bei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěbei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-pei¹
    • Yale: kě-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keebei
    • Palladius: кэбэй (kɛbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² bei¹
    • Yale: hó bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-pi
    • Tâi-lô: khó-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'py
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/

Adjective

可悲

1. lamentable; sad; pathetic

   世界上最可悲的事情，莫過於你喜歡他，他卻只把你當朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
   世界上最可悲的事情，莫过于你喜欢他，他却只把你当朋友。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìjiè shàng zuì kěbēi de shìqíng, mòguòyú nǐ xǐhuān tā, tā què zhǐ bǎ nǐ dāng péngyǒu. [Pinyin]

   The saddest thing in the world is liking someone but they only see you as a friend.