# 对不起 (duìbuqǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 对不起 (duìbuqǐ) means “sorry; excuse me”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sorry; excuse me
- Pinyin: duìbuqǐ (dui4 bu5 qi3)
- Traditional: 對不起
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1

## Examples

- 对不起，我来晚了。
  Duìbuqǐ, wǒ lái wǎn le.
  I'm sorry, I came late.

## Characters

- [对](https://hanziro.com/word/dui-right/) (duì): right; correct
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [起](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-get-up/) (qǐ): to get up; to rise

https://hanziro.com/word/dui-bu-qi-sorry/

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