後悔莫及

後悔莫及

Chinese

		to regret
trad. (後悔莫及)		後悔	莫及
simp. (后悔莫及)		后悔	莫及

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuhuǐmòjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ fui³ mok⁶ kap⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hiō-hóe-bo̍k-ki̍p / hō͘-hóe-bo̍k-ki̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuhuǐmòjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuhuěimòjí
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-hui³-mo⁴-chi²
    • Yale: hòu-hwěi-mwò-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howhoeimohjyi
    • Palladius: хоухуэймоцзи (xouxuejmoczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ xweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mwɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ fui³ mok⁶ kap⁶
    • Yale: hauh fui mohk kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ fui³ mok⁹ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ fui³ mog⁶ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² fuːi̯³³ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-hóe-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-hué-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixhoefbogkip
    • IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-hóe-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-hué-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxhoefbogkip
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/

Idiom

後悔莫及

1. to be too late to regret