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Cam: It’s time to Perfect Chinese your way in o<\/em>nly 5 minutes a day.  Welcome to Chinese Studio. Hi, I’m Cam. And beside me is Yajie.
Yajie: Zao shang hao.  In the next 5 minutes, we are going to learn how to apologize and make excuses in Chinese, which should come in handy! 
Cam: No kidding!  I’m looking forward to this show.  Let’s check Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n

********** Key words of the day *********<\/strong>
Today we’ll learn how to say sorry in Chinese. \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77, \u62b1\u6b49 \u6ca1\u5173\u7cfb or \u6ca1\u4ec0\u4e48.  For more explanation, stay tuned with today’s Chinese Studio on China Radio International.
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Yajie: Both \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 and \u62b1\u6b49mean ‘sorry’. So when you’ve done something wrong, you can use either of them to show your regret.
Cam: So what are the tones?
Yajie:  \u5bf9, dui, is in the forth falling tone. \u4e0d is of the same tone, bu, \u4e0d. \u8d77, qi, third tone, \u8d77. All together, \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 means ‘sorry’.
Cam: Dui bu qi.  I can use that when I bump into someone on the subway.
Yajie: Besides \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77, \u62b1\u6b49 can also be applied in the same case.<\/p>\n

Cam:  bao qian.
Yajie: If you feel really sorry, you’d put \u771f in front. \u771f, zhen, first tone. It is like hen which we’ve learned before.  Zhen means ‘really’. \u771f\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77. \u771f\u62b1\u6b49 – I’m very sorry.
Cam: Yajie, \u771f\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77, \u771f\u62b1\u6b49.
Yajie: It’s ok, i’m going to forgive you.\u6ca1\u5173\u7cfb. That doesn’t matter.
Cam: \u6ca1\u5173\u7cfb,  Doesn’t matter.
Yajie: Correct. In addition to \u6ca1\u5173\u7cfb, \u6ca1\u4ec0\u4e48 has the same meaning. Literally, it means it’s nothing.
Cam: Mei shen me.  It’s nothing.  I think I’ve got it. Here are more examples on how to apologize and reply. <\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations 1:<\/p>\n

Yajie: As I said, \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 and \u62b1\u6b49both mean ‘sorry’. But there are slight differences between them. First, \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 is more casual and \u62b1\u6b49 is more formal. So\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 is more common in our daily life.
Cam: Second, \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 also means ‘Excuse me’ while \u62b1\u6b49 doesn’t. For example, if I want to get off a crowded bus, I could say \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 when shouldering my way out. Here \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 means ‘Excuse me’. It’ll sound strange if replaced by \u62b1\u6b49. Here is another example.<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversation 2:<\/p>\n

Cam:  For example, excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the bus station?  How would I answer that? 
Yajie:  A negative reply can be\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u6211\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053\u3002Sorry, I don’t know.
Cam:  And then I could say mei guanxi.  It doesn’t matter. <\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversation 3:<\/p>\n

Cam: Got it? Hope so. Now let’s look back at the key points of today’s lesson.<\/p>\n

******** Key Words reminder
Now you know how to apologize Chinese. \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 or \u62b1\u6b49. The respo<\/em>nse is usually \u6ca1\u5173\u7cfb or \u6ca1\u4ec0\u4e48.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n