抱歉 - Mandarin word #185

抱歉

bàoqiàn

Traditional: 抱歉

HSK 2

#185 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

sorry, to apologize

Stroke order

抱

歉

，。

Sorry, I'm late.

。

I apologize to you.

。

Sorry to bother you.

，。

Sorry, I disturbed you.

示shì。

He expressed his apologies to me.

抱歉 (bào qiàn) means sorry, to apologize. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

不错

not bad, pretty good, correct

对不起

sorry, excuse me

没事

it's fine, no matter, nothing wrong

请

please, to invite, to treat

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 4.