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 something); 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

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

(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!
- 2002 October 18, 大潮声‎^[1]:
  
  比如呾，別儂撞著，伊共俺呾「對唔住」，俺共伊呾「啊無相干無相干」 [Teochew, trad.]
  比如呾，别侬撞著，伊共俺呾「对唔住」，俺共伊呾「啊无相干无相干」 [Teochew, simp.]
  bi² ru⁵ dan³, bag⁸ nang⁵ zuang⁶ diêh⁴, i¹ ga⁷ nang² dan³ dui³ m⁶ zu⁶, nang² ga⁷ i¹ dan³ a¹ bho⁵ siang¹ gang¹ bho⁵ siang¹ gang¹ [Peng'im]
  For example, if someone bumps into us, they say to us "sorry", and we reply "it's no matter"

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		對不起
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	對不起
	Taiwan	對不起
	Chengde	對不起
	Harbin	對不起
	Changchun	對不起
	Jilin	對不住
	Shenyang	對不起
	Malaysia	對不起
	Singapore	對不起
Jilu Mandarin	Cangzhou	對不起
	Baoding	對不起
	Shijiazhuang	對不住
	Xingtai	對不住
	Jinan	對不起, 對不住
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	對不起
	Yantai	對不起
	Qingdao	對不起, 對不住
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	對不住
	Zhumadian	對不住
	Zhoukou	對不住
	Nanyang	對不起, 對不住
	Linyi	對不起, 對不住
	Wanrong	對不起, 不好意思
	Zhengzhou	對不起, 外氣
	Kaifeng	對不住
	Xi'an	對不起, 對不住
	Xianyang	對不起
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	擔持
	Lanzhou	對不起
	Ürümqi	對不起
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	對不起
	Chongqing	對不起, 對不住, 不好意思, 抱歉
	Wuhan	對不起
	Lhasa	對不起
	Guiyang	對不起
	Kunming	不好意思
	Liuzhou	對沒起, 沒好意思
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	對不起
	Yangzhou	對不起
	Taizhou	對不起
	Nantong	對不起
	Hefei	對不住
Cantonese	Guangzhou	對唔住
	Hong Kong	對唔住, sorry, sor informal
	Macau	對唔住
	Taishan	對唔住
	Nanning	對冇住
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	對唔住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	對唔住
Gan	Nanchang	不好得的
	Yichun	對不住
	Ji'an	難為你
Hakka	Meixian	對唔住
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	唔好意思
	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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	對伓住
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對不住
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
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Jiading)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Chongming)	對勿住
	Suzhou	對弗起
	Wuxi	對弗住
	Kunshan	對弗起
	Taicang	抱歉
	Zhangjiagang	對弗起
	Haining (Xiashi)	對勿住
	Changzhou	對勿起
	Hangzhou	對不起
	Tonglu	對勿住
	Shaoxing	對勿住
	Ningbo	交代勿過, 勿好意思
	Yuyao	對勿住, 交代勿過
	Cixi	交代弗過
	Taizhou (Jiaojiang)	對弗住
	Linhai	對弗住
	Wenzhou	對否起
	Rui'an	對否起
	Jinhua	對弗住, 弗好意思
Xiang	Changsha	對不住
Xiang	Loudi	對不住