对不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon

1. 1.

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

2. 2.

   to let (sb) down; to disappointverb

• 对not compositional here
• 不not compositional here
• 起not compositional here

See it in 对不起，我来晚了, 对不起，我不知道 and 我对不起你.

1. HSK 1

   对不起，我来晚了。

   Duìbuqǐ, wǒ lái wǎn le.

   I'm sorry, I came late.

2. HSK 1

   对不起，我不知道。

   Duìbuqǐ, wǒ bù zhīdào.

   Excuse me, I don't know.

3. HSK 1

   我对不起你。

   Wǒ duìbuqǐ nǐ.

   I have let you down.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   对不起，我来晚了。

   Duìbuqǐ, wǒ lái wǎn le.

   I'm sorry, I came late.

2. 
   Speaker B:

   没关系。

   Méiguānxi.

   It doesn't matter.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   老师在哪儿？

   Lǎoshī zài nǎr?

   Where is the teacher?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   对不起，我不知道。

   Duìbuqǐ, wǒ bù zhīdào.

   Excuse me, I don't know.

1. 1.Fill in the blank: ___，我来晚了。 (I'm sorry, I came late.)

   A对不起B谢谢C没有
2. 2.What does 对不起，我不知道。 mean?

   AExcuse me, I don't know.BThanks, I know.CSorry, I'm late.
3. 3.In 我对不起你。, what does 对不起 mean?

   Ato let (sb) downBto thankCto ask

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Related words

• 抱歉bào qiànto be sorry; to feel apologeticHSK 4
• 对duìright; correctHSK 1
• 谢谢xiè xieto thank; thanks; thank youHSK 1
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-HSK 1
• 不要bú yàodon't!; must notHSK 1
• 一起yì qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)HSK 2

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