對不住

See also: 对不住

Chinese

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		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	incessantly; nonstop; fail to
trad. (對不住)		對	不住
simp. (对不住)		对	不住

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: duìbùzhù [Phonetic: duìbúzhù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueybu4juh
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: deoi³ bat¹ zyu⁶
  - Yale: deui bāt jyuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ bat⁷ dzy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ bed¹ ju⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡ɕyː²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤i-bók-cê̤ṳ
  - IPA ^(key): /tøy²¹³⁻²¹ ^(p-)βuʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡søy²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-put-chū
  - Tâi-lô: tuì-put-tsū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duie'putzu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dei⁴ bu⁶ jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /te̞i⁴⁵ pu²⁴ t͡ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

對不住

to cause someone embarrassment; to screw someone over; to do something to a person that would demand an apology later on

(Min Nan) tùi-put-chū is not used as an interjection meaning "I'm sorry" in Min Nan. Use 歹勢／歹势 (phái-sè) or 失禮／失礼 (sit-lé) instead.

Dialectal synonyms of 對不起 (“sorry”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		對不起
Mandarin	Beijing	對不起、對不住
Mandarin	Taiwan	對不起
Cantonese	Guangzhou	對唔住
	Hong Kong	對唔住
	Taishan	對唔住
Hakka	Meixian	對唔住
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	敗勢、斯里麻生
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	壞勢、斯里麻生
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	敗勢、斯里麻生
	Dongshi (Dabu)	敗勢、歪勢、斯里麻生
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	敗勢、斯里麻生
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	歹勢、斯里麻生
Jin	Taiyuan	對不起
Min Dong	Matsu	對不住
Min Nan	Xiamen	歹勢、對不住
	Quanzhou	歹勢、對不住
	Zhangzhou	䆀勢、對不住
	Taipei	失禮、歹勢
	Kaohsiung	失禮、歹勢
	Tainan	失禮、歹勢
	Taichung	失禮
	Wuqi	失禮
	Hsinchu	失禮
	Taitung	歹勢
	Lukang	失禮、歹勢
	Sanxia	失禮
	Yilan	失禮
	Kinmen	失禮
	Magong	失禮
	Penang	歹勢、sorry
Wu	Shanghai	對勿起
Xiang	Changsha	對不住

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