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My Bad! Not on Purpose! Apologize in Chinese with Ellie --学中文

1,315 views · Published 30 June 2017 · 5:59 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: eChineseLearning · 2017 · Education

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We all screw up sometime! In Mandarin Chinese, when you want to
 take the blame and acknowledge that it's you're fault, you can say
 to friends:

我錯了! (Wǒ cuò le!) My bad! My mistake!
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To soften your apology, you can let them know that it wasn't your intent to do harm:

故意 (gùyì) = intentionally

Wŏ búshì gùyì de!
我不是故意的! 
I didn't do it on purpose!

我錯了! 我不是故意的!
Wǒ cuò le! Wŏ búshì gùyì de! 
My bad! I didn't do it on purpose!
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To emphasize that you REALLY feel bad about something, you can add 真的 (zhēnde), which means "really" in Chinese.

Wŏ zhēnde búshì gùyì de!
我真的不是故意的! 
I really didn't do it on purpose!

...so now you know how to own up to what you did while at the same time letting others know that you didn't have intentions. Everyone screw up sometime!
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