道歉

Mandarin · pinyin dào qiàn

Meanings

  1. to apologize
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道
dào · path, road, street; method, way
歉
qiàn · deficient, lacking, insufficient
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4–4 · dao4 qian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dou6 hip3

Cantonese word readings for 道歉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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dou6 hip3

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verb

  1. (intransitive, verb-object) to apologize

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