Chinese symbol for “apologetic”
拍谢
pāi xiè
Traditional: 拍謝
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for apologetic is 拍谢 (pāi xiè), defined as: (Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拍谢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拍摄 (拍攝) | pāi shè | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) |
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take a picture |
| 拍卖 (拍賣) | pāi mài | to auction; auction sale |
| 自拍 | zì pāi | to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie; a selfie |
| 偷拍 | tōu pāi | to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent |
| 拍片 | pāi piàn | to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure |
| 谢谢 (謝謝) | xiè xie | to thank; thanks |
| 感谢 (感謝) | gǎn xiè | to thank; to be grateful |
See also: Japanese symbol for “apologetic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.