抱歉 bàoqiàn feel sorry

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Stroke order

抱歉 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

抱歉 — the Chinese character for feel sorry (bàoqiàn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 抱歉 — feel sorry

抱 — 8 strokes
歉 — 14 strokes

Senses

to be sorry
to feel apologetic
sorry!

Characters in 抱歉

抱 bào — to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
歉 qiàn — to apologize; to regret; deficient

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

很抱歉，我来晚了。Hěn bàoqiàn, wǒ lái wǎn le.I am very sorry, I came late.
他对这件事很抱歉。Tā duì zhè jiàn shì hěn bàoqiàn.He feels very sorry about this matter.

Related words

抱歉 is pronounced bàoqiàn and means “feel sorry”.

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