tùi-put-khí

Min Nan

trad.	對不起
simpl.	对不起

Pronunciation

(Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-put-khí
- Tâi-lô: tuì-put-khí
- Phofsit Daibuun: duie'putqie
- IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

tùi-put-khí (POJ, traditional 對不起, simplified 对不起)

to cause someone embarrassment; to screw someone over; to do something to a person that would demand an apology later on

Usage notes

tùi-put-khí is rarely used as an interjection meaning I'm sorry in Min Nan. Use 歹勢／歹势 (phái-sè) or 失禮／失礼 (sit-lé) instead.

Synonyms

對不住／对不住 (tùi-pu̍t-chū)

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