对不起 - Mandarin word #191

对不起

duìbùqǐ

Traditional: 對不起

HSK 1

#191 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

sorry, excuse me

Stroke order

对

不

起

，。

Sorry, I was wrong.

，…

Excuse me, may I ask...

。

I am truly very sorry.

，。

Sorry to have kept you waiting.

，。

Sorry, I dialled the wrong number.

对不起 (duì bù qǐ) means sorry, excuse me. It is used as a interjection in everyday Mandarin speech.

抱歉

sorry, to apologize

没事

it's fine, no matter, nothing wrong

请

please, to invite, to treat

为

hello (on phone), hey

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

This word is part of lesson 4.