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悔

huǐ

HSK 4 Character

What 悔 means

1. bound formto regret; to repent

Example sentences

• 我不后悔。
  I don't regret it.
• 你会后悔的！
  You will regret it!
• 你会后悔的。
  You're going to regret this.
• 汤姆反悔了。
  Tom backed out of the deal.
• 我后悔当老师。
  I regret becoming a teacher.
• 他迟早会后悔。
  He will regret it sooner or later.

Words starting with 悔

• 悔恨huǐ hènremorse; repentance
• 悔改huǐ gǎito repent; repentance
• 悔过huǐ guòto repent; to be penitent
• 悔婚huǐ hūnto break a promise of marriage
• 悔意huǐ yìremorse
• 悔罪huǐ zuìto repent; to be contrite
• 悔过书huǐ guò shūwritten repentance
• 悔不当初huǐ bù dāng chūto regret one's past deeds (idiom)
• 悔之已晚huǐ zhī yǐ wǎntoo late to be sorry
• 悔之无及huǐ zhī wú jítoo late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
• 悔恨交加huǐ hèn jiāo jiāto feel remorse and shame (idiom)
• 悔过自新huǐ guò zì xīnto repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
• 悔棋huǐ qíto withdraw a move (chess)
• 悔悟huǐ wùto repent

Words containing 悔

• 后悔hòu huǐto regret; to feel remorse
• 忏悔chàn huǐto repent; (religion) to confess
• 懊悔ào huǐto feel remorse; to repent; to regret
• 无悔wú huǐto have no regrets
• 无怨无悔wú yuàn wú huǐno complaints; to have no regrets
• 反悔fǎn huǐto renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise)
• 后悔莫及hòu huǐ mò jítoo late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
• 失悔shī huǐto regret; to feel remorse
• 改悔gǎi huǐto mend one's ways
• 翻悔fān huǐto renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise)
• 自悔zì huǐto regret; to repent
• 追悔zhuī huǐto repent; remorse
• 吃后悔药chī hòu huǐ yào(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
• 死不改悔sǐ bù gǎi huǐnot to repent even facing death (idiom); unrepentant; very obstinate
• 死而无悔sǐ ér wú huǐto die without regret (idiom, from Analects)
• 誓不反悔shì bù fǎn huǐto vow not to break one's promise
• 追悔莫及zhuī huǐ mò jítoo late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
• 翻然悔悟fān rán huǐ wùto see the error of one's ways; to make a clean break with one's past
• 愧悔无地kuì huǐ wú dìashamed and unable to show one's face (idiom)
• 后悔不迭hòu huǐ bù diétoo late for regrets

Characters built on 每

These share the phonetic component 每 (měi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
• 诲huìto teach; to instruct; to induce

Characters that look like 悔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 恼nǎoto get angry
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 诲huìto teach; to instruct; to induce

Sounds the same

Read huǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毁to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
• 虺mythical venomous snake