道歉 (dàoqiàn) means Apologizes. Below are 7 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
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
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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
Questions about 道歉
How is 道歉 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 道歉 (dàoqiàn, "Apologizes"), 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 道歉 an HSK word?
Yes — 道歉 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 道歉?
The dictionary page for 道歉 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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