duì bu qǐ

Traditional: 對不起

HSK 1

对不起 (duì bu qǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint”.

Meanings

  1. 1I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
  2. 2to let (sb) down; to disappoint
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 对不起

对duì · right; correct不bù · no; not so起qǐ · to rise

Related words

不no; not so对right; correct起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state一起(in) the same place不过only不要don't!; must not起to rise不错correct不能cannot不管not to be concerned绝对absolute; unconditional

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