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How to say “sorry” in Cantonese(1)

There are two ways to say “Sorry” in Cantonese, at least:

 
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1. deoi3 m4 zyu6
对唔住 = Sorry (deoi3 = face, m4 = not, zyu6 = hold/up … I cannot face you or hold my head up to you… because I feel sorry..)

2. We will talk about the 2nd way in our next post.

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