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後悔

後悔

See also: 后悔

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	regret
trad. (後悔)		後	悔
simp. (后悔)		后	悔

Verb

後悔

to regret

要是現在不努力的話，將來會後悔的。 [MSC, trad.]

要是现在不努力的话，将来会后悔的。 [MSC, simp.]

Yàoshi xiànzài bù nǔlì dehuà, jiānglái huì hòuhuǐ de. [Pinyin]

If you don't work hard now you'll regret it later on.

Derived terms

後悔莫及／后悔莫及

後悔藥／后悔药

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	悔
こう Grade: 2	かい Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

後悔 ‎(hiragana こうかい, romaji kōkai)

regret

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hòuhuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ fui³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-fí
Min Nan (POJ): hiǒ-hóe / hiō-hóe / hō͘-hóe / āu-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hòuhuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howhoei
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ fui³
  - Yale: hauh fui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ fui³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² fuːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-fí
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu fi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ fi³
  - IPA: /he̯u⁵⁵ fi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ-hué
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɤ²² hue⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: hiō-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hioixhoea
  - IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxhoea
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: āu-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxhoea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/