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對不起 is how Chinese people say “I'm sorry,” “pardon me,” or “forgive me.”
對不起 is the most common phrase to apologize for everything from bumping into someone to breaking someone's heart. Basically, it's used in the same way we use “sorry” for many situations.
Note: This is a strange thing to write on a wall scroll for Chinese people - but you can bend the rules if you want in the west.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Sorry Apology search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
ませ see styles |
mase ませ |
(auxiliary) (1) (polite language) please; (2) used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc. |
作出 see styles |
zuò chū zuo4 chu1 tso ch`u tso chu tsukuride つくりで |
to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract (noun/participle) new creation; new invention; new production; new breed; (place-name) Tsukuride |
多謝 多谢 see styles |
duō xiè duo1 xie4 to hsieh tasha たしゃ |
many thanks; thanks a lot (noun/participle) (1) many thanks; hearty thanks; (noun/participle) (2) profuse apology |
弁明 see styles |
benmei / benme べんめい |
(n,vs,adj-no) explanation; excuse; vindication; apology |
弁解 see styles |
benkai べんかい |
(n,vs,adj-no) justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse; apology |
懺謝 忏谢 see styles |
chàn xiè chan4 xie4 ch`an hsieh chan hsieh zansha |
apology |
歉意 see styles |
qiàn yì qian4 yi4 ch`ien i chien i |
apology; regret |
深謝 see styles |
shinsha しんしゃ |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) deep appreciation; deep gratitude; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) sincere apology |
申分 see styles |
moushiwake / moshiwake もうしわけ |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) apology; excuse |
申訳 see styles |
moushiwake / moshiwake もうしわけ |
(noun/participle) apology; excuse |
肉袒 see styles |
ròu tǎn rou4 tan3 jou t`an jou tan |
to make a humble apology (formal writing) |
膝袒 see styles |
xī tǎn xi1 tan3 hsi t`an hsi tan |
to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology) |
詫び see styles |
wabi わび |
(See お詫び) apology |
詫状 see styles |
wabijou / wabijo わびじょう |
letter of apology |
詫言 see styles |
wabigoto わびごと |
(archaism) apology |
謝り see styles |
ayamari あやまり |
excuse; apology |
謝意 谢意 see styles |
xiè yì xie4 yi4 hsieh i shai しゃい |
gratitude; thanks (1) gratitude; thanks; (2) apology |
謝状 see styles |
shajou / shajo しゃじょう |
thank-you letter; letter of apology |
謝罪 谢罪 see styles |
xiè zuì xie4 zui4 hsieh tsui shazai しゃざい |
to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault (noun, transitive verb) apology |
謝辞 see styles |
shaji しゃじ |
(1) words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; (2) apology |
賠禮 赔礼 see styles |
péi lǐ pei2 li3 p`ei li pei li |
to offer an apology; to make amends |
辯解 辩解 see styles |
biàn jiě bian4 jie3 pien chieh benkai べんかい |
to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself (out-dated kanji) (n,vs,adj-no) justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse; apology |
釈然 see styles |
shakuzen; sekizen しゃくぜん; せきぜん |
(adj-t,adv-to) (See 釈然とする) fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt |
陪罪 see styles |
péi zuì pei2 zui4 p`ei tsui pei tsui |
to apologize; apology |
陳謝 see styles |
chinsha ちんしゃ |
(noun, transitive verb) apology |
お詫び see styles |
owabi おわび |
(noun/participle) apology |
わび言 see styles |
wabigoto わびごと |
(archaism) apology |
反省文 see styles |
hanseibun / hansebun はんせいぶん |
written apology; written statement of regret |
土下寝 see styles |
dogene どげね |
(n,vs,vi) (colloquialism) (See 土下座) lying down on the ground (in apology) |
始末書 see styles |
shimatsusho しまつしょ |
written explanation; written apology |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Sorry Apology | 對不起 对不起 | duì bù qǐ dui4 bu4 qi3 dui bu qi duibuqi | tui pu ch`i tuipuchi tui pu chi |
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| Please Forgive Me | 請原諒 请原谅 | qíng yuán liàng qing2 yuan2 liang4 qing yuan liang qingyuanliang | ch`ing yüan liang chingyüanliang ching yüan liang |
|
| Please Forgive Me | お許しを | oyurushi wo oyurushiwo | ||
| God Forgive Me | 神様お許しを | kami sama o yuru shi wo kamisamaoyurushiwo | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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