惜
Meanings
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- 1.to cherish
- 2.to begrudge
- 3.to pity
- 4.Taiwan pr. [xí]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to have pity on; to regret; to feel sorry for
- 2.to cherish; to adore; to value greatly; to love dearly
- 3.to begrudge; to grudge; to spare; to stint
- 4.to kiss
- 5.to take into consideration; to take into account; to give consideration to
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sjaːɡ): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ) – a feeling (of the heart). Note that 昔 has meaning of “past, ending”, hence connotations of “feelings for the past, feeling about an ending – regret, rue”.
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