后悔hòuhuǐto regret
- Theme
- Feelings
- Level
- HSK 4
- Strokes
- 16
- Characters
- 2
How 后悔 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
我很后悔没有去。
Wǒ hěn hòuhuǐ méiyǒu qù.
I really regret not going.
- 我wǒI
- 很hěnvery
- 后悔hòuhuǐto regret
- 没有méiyǒuto not have
- 去qùto go
现在后悔已经晚了。
Xiànzài hòuhuǐ yǐjīng wǎn le.
It is too late for regrets now.
- 现在xiànzàinow
- 后悔hòuhuǐto regret
- 已经yǐjīngalready
- 晚wǎnlate
- 了lecompleted action marker
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 后来
- 悔改
- 以后yǐhòuafter; later