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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 对不起

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
对不起 duì bu qǐ - I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
- to let (sb) down; to disappoint

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 200 2,956 1,059

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
duì- 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
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- 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

Other Words Containing 对不起

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
对不起 1 1 200 2,956 1,059