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對不起

deoi3 bat1 hei2

dui4 bu4 qi3

[1] sorry; excuse me; pardon me
[2] let sb down; be unworthy of; be unfair to

Cantonese: 對唔住

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 2,390,000

對不起 / 对不起

對 deoi3 dui4 - correct; right; proper
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
起 hei2 qi3 - to start; rise; get up

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對不起，由於下雨，所以我遲到了。國 edit
I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain.

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 28th Sep 2007

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