抱歉

bào qiàn

A2 Level 4

Stative verb

抱歉 (bào qiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to be sorry”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

to be sorry
to feel apologetic
sorry!

Stroke order

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Example

很抱歉，讓你久等了。

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).