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Chinese symbol for “disappoint”

对不起
duì bu qǐ
Traditional: 對不起
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disappoint is 对不起 (duì bu qǐ), defined as: I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

对 duì
correct, right; facing, opposed
radical 41 ⼨ · 5 strokes
不 bu
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
起 qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 对不起.

WordPinyinMeaning
对于 (對於)duì yúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
反对 (反對)fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
绝对 (絕對)jué duìabsolute; unconditional
针对 (針對)zhēn duìto target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
面对 (面對)miàn duìto face; to confront
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]

See also: Japanese symbol for “disappoint”.

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.

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