对不起 (duì bu qǐ): meaning and stroke order
对不起 (duì bu qǐ) means I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon, to let (sb) down; to disappoint.
对不起
- Simplified
- 对不起
- Traditional
- 對不起
- Pinyin
- duì bu qǐ
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Stroke order of 对不起
对
- duì right; correct; towards; at; for
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 對
Stroke by stroke
不
- bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 4 strokes
Stroke by stroke
起
- qǐ to rise; to raise
- 10 strokes
Stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 对不起
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duì bu qǐ
Traditional 對不起
- I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
- to let (sb) down; to disappoint
Radicals of the characters
- 对
- Radical 寸 (Kangxi radical 41) · 5 strokes · 又 on the left, 寸 on the right
- 不
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜
- 起
- Radical 走 (Kangxi radical 156) · 10 strokes · built from 走 and 己
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
对不起 in our stories
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他们说：“对不起！”
tāmen shuō duìbuqǐ
They say, "Sorry!"
From the story Not my bag HSK 1
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“对不起，您订的是下个星期五。”
duìbuqǐ nín dìng de shì xià gè xīngqīwǔ
"I'm sorry, you booked for next Friday."
From the story Next Friday HSK 2
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他按照行李牌上的电话打过去，一个女人着急地说：“对不起，我拿错了！”
tā ànzhào xíngli pái shàng de diànhuà dǎ guòqu yí gè nǚrén zháojí de shuō duìbuqǐ wǒ ná cuò le
He rang the number on the luggage tag, and a woman said anxiously, "I'm so sorry, I took the wrong one!"
From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4
Stories using 对不起
- Not my bag HSK 1
- Next Friday HSK 2
- The identical suitcase HSK 4
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).