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抱歉

sorry

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

bao4qian4 • bàoqiàn

Meaning

Primary

sorry

Alternatives

to be sorry, be sorry, I'm sorry, apologetic

Mnemonic

To be 抱歉 sorry is to feel bad about something to the point that you want 抱 to embrace whoever you wronged in order to give your 歉 apology.

Usage

这 是 我 的 错， 抱歉。

This is my fault, sorry.

我 很 抱歉 我 迟到 了。

I'm very sorry that I'm late.

我 感到 很 抱歉。

I feel very sorry.

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