后悔

後悔

hòuhuǐ

verb HSK 4 #1,909

Meanings

After the fact, comes regret.

HSK 2

做了就不要后悔。

Zuò le jiù búyào hòuhuǐ.

Once you've done it, don't regret it.

HSK 4

我后悔没有好好学习。

Wǒ hòuhuǐ méiyǒu hǎohǎo xuéxí.

I regret not studying hard.

HSK 4

你现在后悔也来不及了。

Nǐ xiànzài hòuhuǐ yě láibují le.

It's too late for you to regret it now.

usage

后悔 is often followed by 没有 to express regretting not having done something: 后悔没有去 (regret not having gone).

grammar

Common pattern: 后悔 + verb phrase. Unlike English, you don't say 后悔做了 as often - the emphasis is usually on what you failed to do.

后 hòu

悔 huǐ