对不起 (對不起)
duì bu qǐ
Pinyin

Definition

对不起 (對不起)
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duì bu qǐ
  1. unworthy
  2. to let down
  3. I'm sorry
  4. excuse me
  5. pardon me
  6. if you please
  7. sorry? (please repeat)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

对不起，我听不懂。你说什么？
duìbuqǐ ，wǒ tīngbudǒng 。nǐ shuō shénme ？
Sorry, I don't understand. What did you say?
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对不起，我不知道。那能喝水吗？
duìbuqǐ ，wǒ bù zhīdào 。nà néng hē shuǐ ma ？
Sorry, I didn't know. Well then, can I drink water?
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对不起呀，我们的空调还没有修好呢。
duìbuqǐ ya ，wǒmen de kōngtiáo hái méiyǒu xiūhǎo ne 。
Sorry, our air conditioner isn’t repaired yet.
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对不起，我来晚了。
duìbùqǐ ，wǒ láiwǎn le 。
Sorry for being late.
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对不起，让您久等了，失礼、失礼。
duìbùqǐ ，ràng nín jiǔděng le ，shīlǐ 、shīlǐ 。
Sorry to keep you waiting. I apologize for being rude.
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老板，对不起，是我不对。给您添麻烦了。请您原谅。下次会注意的。
lǎobǎn ，duìbùqǐ ，shì wǒ bùduì 。gěi nín tiānmáfan le 。qǐng nín yuánliàng 。xiàcì huì zhùyì de 。
Boss, I’m really sorry. It’s my fault. Sorry for inconveniencing you. Please forgive me. Next time I’ll be more careful.
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老板，对不起，是我的错。给您添麻烦了。请您见谅。下次不会再犯了。
lǎobǎn ，duìbùqǐ ，shì wǒ de cuò 。gěi nín tiānmáfan le 。qǐng nín jiànliàng 。xiàcì bù huì zàifàn le 。
Boss, I’m really sorry. It’s my fault. Sorry for inconveniencing you. Please forgive me. It won’t happen again next time.
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对不起，你不是我的汉语老师吗？
duìbuqǐ ，nǐ bù shì wǒ de Hànyǔ lǎoshī ma ？
Excuse me. Aren’t you my Mandarin teacher?
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对不起，这是谁？
duìbuqǐ ，zhè shì shéi ？
I am sorry. Who is this?
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对不起，我打岔一下，现在已经是午餐时间了，我们要不要休息一下再继续？
duìbuqǐ ，wǒ dǎchà yīxià ，xiànzài yǐjīng shì wǔcān shíjiān le ，wǒmen yào bù yào xiūxi yīxià zài jìxù ？
Sorry to interrupt. It is already lunchtime. Shall we continue after a break?
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