歉 (qiàn) means Apologize (deficient). Below are 10 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
他向朋友道 歉 了。
Tā xiàng péngyou dàoqiàn le.
He apologised to his friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 道歉
你应该为这件事道 歉 。
Nǐ yīnggāi wèi zhè jiàn shì dàoqiàn.
You should apologise for this.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 道歉
他郑重地向大家道 歉 。
Tā zhèngzhòng de xiàng dàjiā dàoqiàn.
He apologised solemnly to everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 郑重
他用诚挚的语气道了 歉 。
Tā yòng chéngzhì de yǔqì dào le qiàn.
He apologised in a sincere tone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诚挚
这件事我想当面向他道 歉 。
Zhè jiàn shì wǒ xiǎng dāng miàn xiàng tā dàoqiàn.
I want to apologise to him in person for this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当面
这是一个笨拙却真诚的道 歉 。
Zhè shì yí ge bènzhuō què zhēnchéng de dàoqiàn.
It was a clumsy but sincere apology.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 笨拙
我不是成心的，真的很抱 歉 。
Wǒ bú shì chéngxīn de, zhēn de hěn bàoqiàn.
I did not do it on purpose; I am truly sorry.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成心
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From the graded readers
那天晚上，我给她发了一条很长的消息，向她道 歉 。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, wǒ gěi tā fā le / liǎo / liào yī tiáo hěn cháng / zhǎng de / dì xiāoxi, xiàng tā dàoqiàn.
That night I sent her a long message apologising.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
Words that contain 歉
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 歉
How is 歉 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 歉 (qiàn, "Apologize (deficient)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 歉 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 歉 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 歉?
The dictionary page for 歉 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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