可悲

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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

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

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

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