Choose the Appropriate Way to Say Sorry in Chinese| 用中文表達歉意的幾種說法

"Duì bu qǐ" is the most common and standard way to say sorry in mandarin Chinese.

「對不起」是漢語裡表達歉意最常用和標準的方法。

Sometimes, if you want to emphasize your apology, you can add "zhēn" and say "zhēn duì bu qǐ" to express "I am so/really sorry！"

有時候如果你想強調你要道歉，你可以在「對不起」前加「真」，表示你真的很抱歉。

BUT there is one thing we need to notice when you hear a sad or unfortunate happens to someone, you may say " I am sorry (to hear that) "in English, but in Chinese, we seldom to say "duì bu qǐ" for this situation，"duì bu qǐ" is ONLY used in something mistake you make, or is your responsibility.

但是，有一種情況我們需要注意：當你得知別人發生了一件不幸的事，英語中通常會說「I am sorry (to hear that).」 但是漢語的「對不起」不可以這樣用。「對不起」只用於你犯了錯誤或者該錯誤是你的責任。