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English
Pronunciation
Phrase pardon me
( idiomatic ) Sorry ; said as an apology.
Pardon me for stepping on your foot.
( idiomatic ) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction. Pardon me , but that is not true.
( idiomatic , Canada , US ) Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance. Pardon me? , I didn't hear you.
Synonyms
Translations sorry, as an apology
American Sign Language: BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross
Arabic: عَفْوًا ( ʕafwan )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 對不起 ／ 对不起 ( deoi3 bat1 hei2 ) ( formal and written ) , 對唔住 ／ 对唔住 (yue) ( deoi3 m4 zyu6 ) , 唔好意思 ( m4 hou2 ji3 si1 )
Hakka: 敗勢 ／ 败势 ( phài-se ) , 斯里麻生 ( sṳ̀-li-ma-sén ) , 對唔住 ／ 对唔住 ( dui4 m2 cu4 ) , 失禮 ／ 失礼 ( sṳt-lî )
Hokkien: 歹勢 ／ 歹势 (zh-min-nan) ( pháiⁿ-sè, phái-sè ) , 毋好勢 ／ 毋好势 (zh-min-nan) ( m̄-hó-sè ) , 對不住 ／ 对不住 (zh-min-nan) ( tùi-put-chū ) , 對不起 ／ 对不起 (zh-min-nan) ( tùi-put-khí ) , 失禮 ／ 失礼 (zh-min-nan) ( sit-lé )
Mandarin: 對不起 ／ 对不起 (zh) ( duìbùqǐ ) , 抱歉 (zh) ( bàoqiàn ) , 不好意思 (zh) ( bù hǎoyìsi ) , 對不住 ／ 对不住 (zh) ( duìbùzhù )
Wu: 對勿起 ／ 对勿起 勿好意思 ( 8 veq-hau-i-sy)
Dutch: pardon (nl)
Finnish: suokaa anteeksi
French: excusez-moi (fr)
Galician: perdoe
German: Entschuldigung (de)
Greek: συγγνώμη (el) ( syngnómi )
Hebrew: סְלִיחָה (he) f ( sliḥá ) , סְלָח לִי ( slaḥ li ) ( to a male ) , סִלְחִי לִי ( silḥí li ) ( to a female ) , סִלְחוּ לִי ( silḥú li ) ( to a group )
Hungarian: bocsánat (hu) , pardon (hu) , elnézést (hu)
Italian: scusami
Japanese: 御免なさい (ja) ( ごめんなさい, gomen nasai )
Kapampangan: panupaya po? ne?
Korean: 용서하십시요 ( yongseohasipsiyo )
Latin: ( said to one person ) ignosce mihi ( said to more than one person ) ignoscite mihi
Macedonian: извинете ( izvinete ) , простете ( prostete ) , извини ( izvini ) ( familiar, informal )
Norwegian: unnskyld meg om forlatelse
Polish: pardon (pl)
Portuguese: perdão (pt) , desculpe -me me desculpa desculpas (pt) , desculpa (pt)
Russian: прости́те (ru) ( prostíte )
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wódaj ( singular familiar ) , wódajśo ( plural, polite )
Spanish: discúlpeme
Swedish: ursäkta mig
polite expression used to soften a contradiction
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: valitettavasti (fi) , anteeksi vaan ( colloquial )
French: please add this translation if you can
polite expression to get someone to repeat
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