对不起 (duìbuqǐ) means Sorry (excuse me). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
对不起 ，这是我的错。
Duìbuqǐ, zhè shì wǒ de cuò.
I'm sorry, this is my fault.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 对不起
From the graded readers
我很不好意思地说：“ 对不起 ，我迟到了。”
wǒ hěn bùhǎoyìsi dì / de shuō:" duìbuqǐ, wǒ chídào le / liǎo / liào."
I said awkwardly, "Sorry, I'm late."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
他非常不好意思，说：“ 对不起 ，我的腿不太好，每天晚上要走一会儿。”
tā fēicháng bùhǎoyìsi, shuō:" duìbuqǐ, wǒ de(possessive) tuǐ bù tài hǎo / hào, měitiān wǎnshang yāo zǒu yìhuir."
He was mortified. "I'm so sorry — my legs aren't good and I have to walk about for a while each night."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
然后我做了一件我自己都没想到的事：我笑着说，“ 对不起 ，我太紧张了，我们重新开始。”
ránhòu wǒ zuòle yíjiàn wǒ zìjǐ dōu méi xiǎngdào de / dì shì: wǒ xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō," duìbuqǐ, wǒ tài jǐnzhāng le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen chóngxīn kāishǐ."
Then I did something I hadn't expected of myself: I smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm too nervous — let's start again."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
From the grammar library
对不起 ，我听不懂。
Duìbuqǐ, wǒ tīng bu dǒng.
Sorry, I don't understand.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
Questions about 对不起
How is 对不起 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 对不起 (duìbuqǐ, "Sorry (excuse me)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 对不起 an HSK word?
Yes — 对不起 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 对不起?
The dictionary page for 对不起 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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