後悔

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

後悔

  1. 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.
    If you don't work hard now you'll regret it later on.
    她很後悔當初沒有學好英語。 [MSC, trad.]
    她很后悔当初没有学好英语。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ.
    She regrets not learning English well from the outset.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 後悔 (“to regret”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 後悔, 懊悔
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 後悔
Taiwan 後悔
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 後悔
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 後悔
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 後悔
Wanrong 悔, 後悔
Xi'an 後悔
Xining 後悔
Xuzhou 後悔
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 失悔, 打失悔, 後悔
Wuhan 失悔
Liuzhou 拍大腿
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 後悔
Yangzhou 懊悔
Hefei 懊悔
Cantonese Guangzhou 後悔
Hong Kong 後悔
Dongguan 後悔
Yangjiang 疏, 後悔
Gan Nanchang 後悔, 悔
Hakka Meixian 後悔
Yudu 倒悔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 後悔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 後悔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 後悔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 後悔
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 後悔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 後悔
Huizhou Jixi 後悔
Jin Taiyuan 後悔
Xinzhou 發悔
Northern Min Jian'ou 悔氣
Eastern Min Fuzhou 退悔
Southern Min Xiamen 後悔, 反悔
Quanzhou 後悔
Zhangzhou 後悔
Manila (Hokkien) 後悔, 反悔
Chaozhou 後悔
Jieyang 想往
Leizhou 怨悔
Wu Shanghai 懊憦
Shanghai (Chongming) 懊憦
Suzhou 懊憦, 懊門痛
Danyang 懊憦
Hangzhou 悔
Wenzhou 悔, 打悔心, 後悔
Xiang Changsha 後悔, 失悔
Shuangfeng 悔想

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後 悔
こう
Grade: 2 		かい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
後悔 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

後(こう)悔(かい) • (kōkai) ←こうくわい (koukwai)?

  1. regret
    Synonym: 悔い (kui)
    後(こう)悔(かい)のない人(じん)生(せい)
    kōkai no nai jinsei
    life without regret

Derived terms

Verb

後(こう)悔(かい)する • (kōkai suru) ←こうくわい (koukwai)?transitive suru (stem 後(こう)悔(かい)し (kōkai shi), past 後(こう)悔(かい)した (kōkai shita))

  1. to regret
    Synonym: 悔しむ (kuyashimu)
    後(こう)悔(かい)しないように
    kōkaishinai yō ni
    in such a way that there are no regrets

Conjugation

Conjugation of "後悔する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 後悔し こうかいし kōkai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 後悔し こうかいし kōkai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 後悔する こうかいする kōkai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 後悔する こうかいする kōkai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 後悔すれ こうかいすれ kōkai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 後悔せよ¹
後悔しろ² 		こうかいせよ¹
こうかいしろ² 		kōkai seyo¹
kōkai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 後悔される こうかいされる kōkai sareru
Causative 後悔させる
後悔さす 		こうかいさせる
こうかいさす 		kōkai saseru
kōkai sasu
Potential 後悔できる こうかいできる kōkai dekiru
Volitional 後悔しよう こうかいしよう kōkai shiyō
Negative 後悔しない こうかいしない kōkai shinai
Negative continuative 後悔せず こうかいせず kōkai sezu
Formal 後悔します こうかいします kōkai shimasu
Perfective 後悔した こうかいした kōkai shita
Conjunctive 後悔して こうかいして kōkai shite
Hypothetical conditional 後悔すれば こうかいすれば kōkai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
後悔

Noun

後悔 • (huhoe) (hangeul 후회)

  1. hanja form? of 후회 (“regret”)
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