悔不當初

Chinese

		regret	not; no	originally; at first; at that time originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place
trad. (悔不當初)		悔	不	當初
simp. (悔不当初)		悔	不	当初

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐbùdāngchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ bat¹ dong¹ co¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐbùdāngchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěibùdangchu
    • Wade–Giles: hui³-pu⁴-tang¹-chʻu¹
    • Yale: hwěi-bù-dāng-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeibudangchu
    • Palladius: хуэйбуданчу (xuejbudanču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui³ bat¹ dong¹ co¹
    • Yale: fui bāt dōng chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ bat⁷ dong¹ tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui³ bed¹ dong¹ co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

悔不當初

1. to regret having done something

Derived terms

• 早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū)