HSK 1 vocabularyHSK 3.0

对不起

duìbuqǐ

Traditional: 對不起

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon

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Meaning of 对不起 in English

duìbuqǐHSK 1verbSyllabus #45
  1. I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
  2. to let (sb) down; to disappoint

Example sentences

  1. 对不起， 我情不自禁。
    duì bù qǐ， wǒ qíng bù zì jīn。
    Sorry, I couldn't help it.
    Tatoeba #508968 by GlossaMatik · #508970 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 对不起，我不能待很久。
    duì bù qǐ， wǒ bù néng dài hěn jiǔ。
    I'm sorry, I can't stay long.
    Tatoeba #334448 by fucongcong · #1541 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我经常烦你，对不起。
    wǒ jīng cháng fán nǐ， duì bù qǐ。
    I'm sorry to always be bothering you.
    Tatoeba #9961497 by GlossaMatik · #4733761 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

对 on its own →
duì · classifier: couple; pair

HSK words with 对

对HSK 1对话HSK 3对方HSK 4对面HSK 4对于HSK 4反对HSK 4面对HSK 4对比HSK 5对待HSK 5对手HSK 5
不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3不久HSK 3
起 on its own →
qǐ · classifier for occurrences or unpredicta

HSK words with 起

起床HSK 1起来HSK 2一起HSK 2起HSK 3起飞HSK 3起到HSK 4引起HSK 4发起HSK 5提起HSK 5了不起HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences