痛惜

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		ache; pain; sorrow	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
simp. and trad. (痛惜)		痛	惜

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tòngxī, tòngxí

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ sik¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thòng-sioh / thòng-sek

(Teochew, Peng'im): tong³ sioh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tòngxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tòngsi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: tùng-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqshi
  - Palladius: тунси (tunsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tòngxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tòngsí
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung⁴-hsi²
  - Yale: tùng-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqshyi
  - Palladius: тунси (tunsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung³ sik¹
  - Yale: tung sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung³ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòng-sioh
  - Tâi-lô: thòng-sioh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: torngsioiq
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sioʔ³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sioʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòng-sek
  - Tâi-lô: thòng-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: torngseg
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tong³ sioh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thòng sioh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sioʔ²/

Verb

痛惜

to lament

Synonyms

惋惜 (wǎnxī)

Pronunciation 2

		ache; pain; sorrow	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
simp. and trad. (痛惜)		痛	惜
alternative forms		疼惜 Min Nan

Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ sek³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thung-siak
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàⁿ-sioh

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung³ sek³
  - Yale: tung sek
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ sek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung³ ség³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ sɛːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-siak
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung xiag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ xiag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ si̯ak̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàⁿ-sioh
  - Tâi-lô: thiànn-sioh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tviarsioiq
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiã²¹⁻⁵³ sioʔ³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sioʔ⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiã²¹⁻⁵³ sioʔ³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã¹¹⁻⁵³ sioʔ³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiã²¹⁻⁴¹ siɤʔ³²/

Verb

痛惜

(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) to love dearly; to cherish

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 疼 (“to love; to be fond of; to dote on”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		疼₁, 疼愛, 疼惜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	疼₁
	Malaysia	疼
	Singapore	疼₁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	惜
	Hong Kong	惜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	矜
	Macau	惜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	惜, 痛
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	惜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	赤
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嬌
	Foshan	惜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奇異
	Foshan (Shunde)	痛, 種
	Foshan (Sanshui)	痛惜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	痛惜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	惜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	惜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	赤
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	恨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	赤
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	惜
	Taishan	恨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	恨
	Enping (Niujiang)	恨
	Heshan (Yayao)	痛惜
	Dongguan	敬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	敬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	惜, 沙央
	Singapore (Guangfu)	惜
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	惜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	惜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	惜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	惜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	惜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	惜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	惜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	惜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	惜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	惜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	惜
	Senai (Huiyang)	沙央
	Kuching (Hepo)	惜
Southern Min	Xiamen	疼₂, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Quanzhou	疼₂, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Zhangzhou	疼₂, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Tainan	疼₂, 惜, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Penang (Hokkien)	疼₂, 惜, 沙央
	Singapore (Hokkien)	疼₂, 惜, 沙央
	Manila (Hokkien)	疼₂
	Jieyang	惜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	惜
	Singapore (Teochew)	惜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	惜
Wu	Ningbo	值鈿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
痛	惜
つう Grade: 6	せき Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つうせき [tsùúsékí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨːse̞kʲi]

Noun

痛(つう)惜(せき) • (tsūseki)

deep regret

Verb

痛(つう)惜(せき)する • (tsūseki suru) suru (stem 痛(つう)惜(せき)し (tsūseki shi), past 痛(つう)惜(せき)した (tsūseki shita))

to lament

Conjugation

Conjugation of "痛惜する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	痛惜し	つうせきし	tsūseki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	痛惜し	つうせきし	tsūseki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	痛惜する	つうせきする	tsūseki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	痛惜する	つうせきする	tsūseki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	痛惜すれ	つうせきすれ	tsūseki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	痛惜せよ¹ 痛惜しろ²	つうせきせよ¹ つうせきしろ²	tsūseki seyo¹ tsūseki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	痛惜される	つうせきされる	tsūseki sareru
Causative	痛惜させる痛惜さす	つうせきさせるつうせきさす	tsūseki saseru tsūseki sasu
Potential	痛惜できる	つうせきできる	tsūseki dekiru
Volitional	痛惜しよう	つうせきしよう	tsūseki shiyō
Negative	痛惜しない	つうせきしない	tsūseki shinai
Negative continuative	痛惜せず	つうせきせず	tsūseki sezu
Formal	痛惜します	つうせきします	tsūseki shimasu
Perfective	痛惜した	つうせきした	tsūseki shita
Conjunctive	痛惜して	つうせきして	tsūseki shite
Hypothetical conditional	痛惜すれば	つうせきすれば	tsūseki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

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