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抱歉

to be sorry

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

bao4qian4 • bàoqiàn

Meaning

Primary

to be sorry

Alternatives

is sorry, sorry, be sorry, I'm sorry, apologetic

Mnemonic

抱歉 To be 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, I'm 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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