# 抱歉 (bàoqiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 抱歉 (bàoqiàn) means “to be sorry; sorry!”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be sorry; sorry!
- Pinyin: bàoqiàn (bao4 qian4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 非常抱歉让你等了这么久。
  Fēicháng bàoqiàn ràng nǐ děngle zhème jiǔ.
  I'm very sorry to have kept you waiting so long.

## Characters

- [抱](https://hanziro.com/word/bao-hug/) (bào): to hug; to hold, carry
- 歉 (qiàn): to apologize; to regret

https://hanziro.com/word/bao-qian-be-sorry/

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