惜敗

Chinese

		pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge	be defeated; to defeat; loss
trad. (惜敗)		惜	敗
simp. (惜败)		惜	败

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xībài, xíbài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄅㄞˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄅㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ baai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xībài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄅㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sibài
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-pai⁴
  - Yale: syī-bài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibay
  - Palladius: сибай (sibaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xíbài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄅㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: síbài
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²-pai⁴
  - Yale: syí-bài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyibay
  - Palladius: сибай (sibaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ baai⁶
  - Yale: sīk baaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ baai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ bai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ paːi̯²²/

Verb

惜敗

to be unfortunately defeated; to lose (to the opponent) regretfully

Japanese

Kanji in this term
惜	敗
せき Grade: S	はい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せきはい [sèkíháí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiha̠i]

Noun

惜(せき)敗(はい) • (sekihai)

(competition) losing by a narrow margin

Antonyms

辛(しん)勝(しょう) (shinshō)

Verb

惜(せき)敗(はい)する • (sekihai suru) suru (stem 惜(せき)敗(はい)し (sekihai shi), past 惜(せき)敗(はい)した (sekihai shita))

(competition) to be unfortunately defeated, to lose (to the opponent) regretfully

Conjugation

Conjugation of "惜敗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	惜敗し	せきはいし	sekihai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	惜敗し	せきはいし	sekihai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	惜敗する	せきはいする	sekihai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	惜敗する	せきはいする	sekihai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	惜敗すれ	せきはいすれ	sekihai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	惜敗せよ¹ 惜敗しろ²	せきはいせよ¹ せきはいしろ²	sekihai seyo¹ sekihai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	惜敗される	せきはいされる	sekihai sareru
Causative	惜敗させる惜敗さす	せきはいさせるせきはいさす	sekihai saseru sekihai sasu
Potential	惜敗できる	せきはいできる	sekihai dekiru
Volitional	惜敗しよう	せきはいしよう	sekihai shiyō
Negative	惜敗しない	せきはいしない	sekihai shinai
Negative continuative	惜敗せず	せきはいせず	sekihai sezu
Formal	惜敗します	せきはいします	sekihai shimasu
Perfective	惜敗した	せきはいした	sekihai shita
Conjunctive	惜敗して	せきはいして	sekihai shite
Hypothetical conditional	惜敗すれば	せきはいすれば	sekihai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Antonyms

辛(しん)勝(しょう)する (shinshō suru)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“惜敗”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026