对不起

Character by character

• 对duì5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 對correct, right; facing, opposed
• 不bù4 strokesHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
• 起qǐ10 strokesHSK 1rise, stand up; go up; begin

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Example sentences

• 对不起。

  Duì bu qǐ

  I'm sorry.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 对不起. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 不bùHSK 1

  no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

• 对duìHSK 1

  right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair

• 起来qǐ laiHSK 1

  to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]

• 一起yī qǐHSK 1

  in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)

• 起qǐHSK 1

  to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

• 不过bù guòHSK 2

  only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)

• 不要bù yàoHSK 2

  don't!; must not

• 不错bù cuòHSK 2

  correct; right; not bad; pretty good

• 不同bù tóngHSK 2

  different; distinct; not the same; not alike

• 对于duì yúHSK 4

  regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to

• 绝对jué duìHSK 3

  absolute; unconditional

• 不管bù guǎnHSK 4

  not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter

• 不再bù zàiHSK 6

  no more; no longer

• 面对miàn duìHSK 3

  to face; to confront

• 不用bù yòngHSK 1

  need not

• 不少bù shǎoHSK 2

  many; a lot; not few

• 对方duì fāngHSK 3

  the other person; the other side; the other party

• 引起yǐn qǐHSK 4

  to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

• 不断bù duànHSK 3

  unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant

• 反对fǎn duìHSK 3

  to oppose; to be against; to object to

• 不够bù gòuHSK 2

  not enough; insufficient; inadequate

• 不行bù xíngHSK 2

  won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable

• 不仅bù jǐnHSK 3

  not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)

• 不知bù zhīHSK 7

  not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)