對唔住

See also: 对唔住

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	cannot
trad. (對唔住)		對	唔住
simp. (对唔住)		对	唔住

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ui¹ m³ zi⁵

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): dui⁴ m² cu⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dui³ m⁶ zu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶
    • Yale: deui m̀h jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ m⁴ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ m⁴ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ m̩²¹ t͡syː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ui¹ m³ zi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³³ m̩²² t͡si³²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dui⁴ m² cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tuɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ m̩¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dui³ m⁶ zu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tùi m̆ tsŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ m³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³⁵/

Interjection

對唔住

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) sorry; excuse me

   我啲手下辦事不力，好對唔住。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   我啲手下办事不力，好对唔住。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ di¹ sau² haa⁶ baan⁶ si⁶ bat¹ lik⁶, hou² deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶. [Jyutping]

   My subordinates did not do a good job, so sorry.

   • 2002 December 12, Alan Mak, Felix Chong, 無間道 [Infernal Affairs], spoken by 陳永仁 [Chen Wing Yan] (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), Media Asia Entertainment Group, Basic Pictures:

     對唔住，我係差人！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     对唔住，我系差人！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶, ngo⁵ hai⁶ caai¹ jan⁴! [Jyutping]

     Sorry, but I'm a police officer!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 對不起 (“sorry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		對不起
Mandarin	Beijing	對不起
	Taiwan	對不起
	Malaysia	對不起
	Singapore	對不起
Cantonese	Guangzhou	對唔住
	Hong Kong	對唔住, sorry, sor informal
	Taishan	對唔住
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	對唔住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	對唔住
Hakka	Meixian	對唔住
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	失禮, 壞勢, 斯里麻生
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	失禮, 敗勢, 歪勢, 斯里麻生
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	失禮, 歹勢, 斯里麻生
	Singapore (Dabu)	敗勢
Jin	Taiyuan	對不起
Eastern Min	Matsu	對不住
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹勢, 對不住, 失禮
	Quanzhou	歹勢, 對不住
	Zhangzhou	䆀勢, 對不住
	Taipei	失禮, 歹勢
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	失禮
	Kaohsiung	失禮, 歹勢
	Yilan	失禮
	Changhua (Lukang)	失禮, 歹勢
	Taichung	失禮
	Taichung (Wuqi)	失禮
	Tainan	失禮, 歹勢
	Taitung	歹勢
	Hsinchu	失禮
	Kinmen	失禮
	Penghu (Magong)	失禮
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹勢, sorry
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹勢, 對毋住, sorry
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹勢, 對不住
	Chaozhou	對唔住
	Shantou	對唔住
	Singapore (Teochew)	對唔住, 歹勢
Wu	Shanghai	勿好意思, 對勿起
	Suzhou	對弗起
	Haining (Xiashi)	對勿住
	Ningbo	交代勿過, 勿好意思
Xiang	Changsha	對不住