懊悔

Chinese

		to regret	regret
trad. (懊悔)		懊	悔
simp. #(懊悔)		懊	悔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àohuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³ fui³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹au-hue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àohuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àohuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴-hui³
    • Yale: àu-hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: awhoei
    • Palladius: аохуэй (aoxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou³ fui³
    • Yale: ou fui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³ fui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³ fui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³ fuːi̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹au-hue
    • MiniDict: au^平 hue
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹au-hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɔ⁵⁵ hue²¹/

Verb

懊悔

1. (literary) to regret

Synonyms

• 嗟悔 (jiēhuǐ) (literary, to sigh in regret)
• 後悔／后悔 (hòuhuǐ)
• 悔 (huǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懊恨 (àohèn) (literary)
• 追悔 (zhuīhuǐ)
• 遺憾／遗憾 (yíhàn)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 後悔 (“to regret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		後悔, 懊悔
Mandarin	Taiwan	後悔
	Yantai (Muping)	後悔
	Jinan	後悔
	Luoyang	後悔
	Wanrong	悔, 後悔
	Xi'an	後悔
	Xining	後悔
	Chengdu	失悔, 打失悔
	Liuzhou	拍大腿
	Xuzhou	後悔
	Nanjing	後悔
Cantonese	Hong Kong	後悔
	Dongguan	後悔
Gan	Nanchang	後悔
Hakka	Yudu	倒悔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	後悔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	後悔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	後悔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	後悔
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	後悔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	後悔
Huizhou	Jixi	後悔
Jin	Taiyuan	後悔
	Xinzhou	發悔
Northern Min	Jian'ou	悔氣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	退悔
Southern Min	Xiamen	後悔
	Quanzhou	後悔
	Zhangzhou	後悔
	Jieyang	想往
	Leizhou	怨悔
Wu	Shanghai	懊憦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	懊憦
	Suzhou	懊憦
	Danyang	懊憦
	Hangzhou	悔
	Wenzhou	悔, 打悔心