懊悔 (ào huǐ) — to regret, to feel remorse

Definition

verb

to regretto feel remorse

懊悔。
Tā duì zì jǐ shuō guò de huà gǎn dào shí fēn ào huǐ.
He deeply regretted the words he had said.
懊悔。
Wǒ ào huǐ dāng chū méi yǒu hǎo hǎo zhēn xī nà duàn shí guāng.
I regret not having cherished that time back then.
懊悔。
Tā ào huǐ zì jǐ yì shí chōng dòng zuò chū de jué dìng.
She regretted the decision she made on impulse.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

懊àoremorse

懊 (remorse) and 悔 (regret) both express regret, so together they mean to feel remorse.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

奧

奧ào懊ào

Same sound today

The left side 忄 is the heart, written fully as 心, and marks a feeling; the right side 奧 gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

忄每悔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīn

Sound part声符shēngfú

每

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

悔 pairs 忄, the heart part, with 每, which gives a sound hint.

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