残念

殘念
cánniàn
  1. (coll.) to regret
  2. what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen")

CEDICT

colloquial loanword

Entry Composition

1 残 cán
  1. to destroy
  2. to spoil
  3. to ruin
  4. to injure
  5. cruel
  6. oppressive
  7. savage
  8. brutal
  9. incomplete
  10. disabled
  11. to remain
  12. to survive
  13. remnant
  14. surplus
=2 念 niàn variant of 念 niàn, to read aloud
=2 念 niàn
  1. to read
  2. to study (a subject)
  3. to attend (a school)
  4. to read aloud
  5. to miss (sb)
  6. idea
  7. remembrance
  8. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 niàn)

classifier: 頓