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歉

qiàn

HSK 4 Character

What 歉 means

1. to apologize
2. to regret
3. deficient

Example sentences

• 抱歉！
  I'm sorry!
• 抱歉？
  Excuse me?!
• 道歉。
  Apologize.
• 很抱歉！
  I'm really sorry!
• 抱歉...
  Sorry...
• 我很抱歉。
  I'm sorry.

Words starting with 歉

• 歉意qiàn yìapology; regret
• 歉疚qiàn jiùremorseful; guilt-ridden
• 歉收qiàn shōucrop failure; poor harvest

Words containing 歉

• 道歉dào qiànto apologize
• 抱歉bào qiànto be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
• 致歉zhì qiànto apologize; to express regret

Characters built on 兼

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

• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 谦qiānmodest
• 慊qiàndissatisfied
• 蒹jiānreed
• 鹣jiānmythical bird with one eye and one wing; see also 鲽鹣
• 缣jiānthick waterproof silk

Characters that look like 歉

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

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 鞋xiéshoe
• 毅yìfirm and resolute; staunch
• 韵yùnthe final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal
• 漱shùto rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle

Sounds the same

Read qiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 欠to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in
• 嵌to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. qiān
• 倩pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help
• 茜(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 纤boatman's tow-rope
• 堑(bound form) moat; chasm
• 芡Gorgon plant; fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox); makhana (Hindi)
• 皘white
• 篟luxuriant growth of bamboo
• 蒨luxuriant growth
• 慊dissatisfied
• 椠wooden tablet; edition