VocabularyHSK 3 · core

对不起

duìbuqǐ

sorry

Part of speech · expression

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Examples

  1. 对不起,我迟到了。
    Sorry, I'm late.
  2. 对不起,请再说一遍。
    Sorry, please say it again.

Collocations

对不起真对不起没什么

Mnemonic

对不起 duìbuqǐ "sorry" — literal "cannot face up to (you)". 对 + 不 + 起 ("not able to lift up to face"). Reply with 没关系 méiguānxi or 没事 méishì.

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