悔改

Chinese

		regret	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
simp. and trad. (悔改)		悔	改

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǐgǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ goi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fí-kói
Min Nan (POJ): hóe-kái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huǐgǎi [Phonetic: huígǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeigae
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fui³ goi²
  - Yale: fui gói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ goi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fui³ goi²
  - IPA ^(key): /fuːy̯³³ kɔːy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fí-kói
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi` goi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi³ goi³
  - IPA: /fi³¹ koi̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-kái
  - Tâi-lô: hué-kái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefkae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ⁴¹/

Verb

悔改

to repent (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Synonyms

回頭／回头 (huítóu) (figuratively)
悔恨 (huǐhèn)

悔悟 (huǐwù)
悔過／悔过 (huǐguò)

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