hau6 fui3後悔后悔
Jyutpinghau6 fui3
Yalehauh fui
Definition
To regret; to repent, wishing one could undo a past action or decision.
colloquialemotion
How it's used
Focuses on the internal emotional state of wishing to undo a past action or decision. Unlike formal written Chinese where it often appears in set phrases, in spoken Cantonese it is frequently used with particles like 呀 or 㗎 to soften the tone when asking someone about their feelings or potential future regrets.
Examples
If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have any regrets.
After you make the decision, will you regret it?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
