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可悲

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
simp. and trad. (可悲)		可	悲

Adjective

可悲

lamentable, sad, pathetic

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kěbēi

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² bei¹
Min Nan (POJ): khó-pi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kěbēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keebei
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² bei¹
  - Yale: hó bēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² bei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-pi
  - Tâi-lô: khó-pi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'py
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/