後悔

See also: 后悔

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hòuhuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): хухуэй (huhuey, III-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ fui³
• Gan (Wiktionary): heu⁵ fii³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-fí / heu-fî
• Jin (Wiktionary): hou³ hui²
• Min Nan (POJ): hō͘-hóe / hiǒ-hóe / hiō-hóe / āu-hóe
• Xiang (Wiktionary): hou⁵ fei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hòuhuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howhoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuhuěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ xweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: хухуэй (huhuey, III-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xou⁴⁴ xuɛi⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ fui³
    • Yale: hauh fui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ fui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ fui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² fuːy̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: heu⁵ fii³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛu¹¹ fɨi²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-fí
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu fi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu<sup>4</sup> fi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ fi³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-fí / heu-fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu fi` / heu fi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ fi³ / heu⁴ fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ fi³¹/, /heu̯⁵⁵ fi²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hou³ hui²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁴⁵ xuei⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxhoea
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-hué
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /hio³³⁻²² hue⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² hue⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixhoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hio²²⁻²¹ hue⁴²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: āu-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxhoea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: hou⁵ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xəu²¹⁻¹¹ ɸe̞i⁴¹/

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. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   She regrets not learning English well from the outset.

Synonyms

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• 嗟悔 (jiēhuǐ) (literary, to sigh in regret)
• 失悔 (Sichuan)
• 懊悔 (àohuǐ) (literary)

• 追悔 (zhuīhuǐ)
• 遺憾／遗憾 (yíhàn)

Derived terms

• 後悔莫及／后悔莫及 (hòuhuǐmòjí)

• 後悔藥／后悔药 (hòuhuǐyào)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	悔
こう Grade: 2	かい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
後悔 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) こ​ーかい [kóꜜòkàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːka̠i]

Noun

後(こう)悔(かい) • (kōkai) 

1. regret

   後悔(こうかい)のない人生(じんせい)

   kōkai no nai jinsei

   life without regret

Verb

後(こう)悔(かい)する • (kōkai suru) 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

   後悔(こうかい)しないように

   kōkai shinai yō ni

   in such a way that there are no regrets

Conjugation

Conjugation of "後悔する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	後悔し	こうかいし	kōkai shi
Continuative (連用形)	後悔し	こうかいし	kōkai shi
Terminal (終止形)	後悔する	こうかいする	kōkai suru
Attributive (連体形)	後悔する	こうかいする	kōkai suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	後悔すれ	こうかいすれ	kōkai sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

Synonyms

• 悔(く)い (kui)
• 悔(くや)しい (kuyashī)

See also

• 公開(こうかい) (kōkai)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
後	悔

Noun

後悔 • (huhoe) (hangeul 후회)

1. Hanja form^? of 후회 (“regret”).