{"id":22423,"date":"2022-08-30T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22423"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:20:52","slug":"apologetic-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22423","title":{"rendered":"Apologetic Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u8b1d\u308b (ayamaru &#8211; to apologise) has been popping up in my Japanese lessons on Duolingo recently, and I thought it would be interesting to look into the ways the character \u8b1d is used in Chinese and Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>In Mandarin Chinese the usual way to say thank you is \u8c22\u8c22 [\u8b1d\u8b1d] (xi\u00e8xi\u00e8). If you want to say many thanks or thanks a lot you might say \u591a\u8c22 [\u591a\u8b1d] (du\u014dxi\u00e8) or \u611f\u8c22  [\u611f\u8b1d] (g\u0103nxi\u00e8), or even \u592a\u611f\u8c22\u4e86 (t\u00e0i g\u0103nxi\u00e8 le). Other ways to express your thanks are available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/thanks.jpg\" alt=\"Apologetic Thanks\" width=\"620\" height=\"297\"><\/p>\n<p>The character \u8c22 (xi\u00e8), in combination with other characters, can mean various other things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u8c22\u7edd (xi\u00e8ju\u00e9) = to decline<\/li>\n<li>\u8c22\u5ba2 (xi\u00e8k\u00e8) = to decline to receive visitors<\/li>\n<li>\u8c22\u5e55 (xi\u00e8m\u00f9) = to take a curtain call*<\/li>\n<li>\u8c22\u7f6a (xi\u00e8zu\u00ec) = to offer an apology<\/li>\n<li>\u8c22\u6069\u7948\u7977 (xi\u00e8&#8217;\u0113n q\u00edd\u01ceo) = to say grace<\/li>\n<li>\u8c22\u4e16 (xi\u00e8sh\u00ec) = to pass away, go to a better world, die<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*the appearance of the performers at the conclusion of a theatrical or other performance in response to the applause of the audience [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/curtain-call\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The same character in Japanese means to apologise, and various other things. Here are some examples of how it\u2019s used.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u8b1d\u308b (ayamaru) = to apologise<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u308a (ayamari) = excuse, apology<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u3059 \/ \u8b1d\u3059\u308b (shasu \/ shasuru) = to thank, apologise, say farewell, retreat, retire, refuse, pay back, settle old scores<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u7f6a (shazai) = apology<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u793c (sharei) = reward, remuneration<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u610f (shai) = gratitude, thanks<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u6069 (sha\u2019on) = (expression of) gratitude<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u6069\u4f1a (sha\u2019onkai) = thank you party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Cantonese there are several ways to say thank you, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u591a\u8b1d (do\u00b9 ze\u2076) = many thanks, thanks a lot (for something given)<\/li>\n<li>\u5514\u8a72 (m\u2074 goi\u00b9) = please, thanks (for services rendered), excuse me<\/li>\n<li>\u8b1d\u5019 (ze\u2076 hau\u2076) = to thank sb for a favour or hospitality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Sources; <a href=\"https:\/\/dict.naver.com\/linedict\/zhendict\/dict.html#\/cnen\/home\">LINE Dict Chinese-English<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jisho.org\/search\/%E8%AC%9D\">jisho<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cantonese.org\/search.php?q=thank\">CC-Canto<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u8b1d\u308b (ayamaru &#8211; to apologise) has been popping up in my Japanese lessons on Duolingo recently, and I thought it would be interesting to look into the ways the character \u8b1d is used in Chinese and Japanese. In Mandarin Chinese the usual way to say thank you is \u8c22\u8c22 [\u8b1d\u8b1d] (xi\u00e8xi\u00e8). If you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,104,129,10,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese","category-english","category-japanese","category-language","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22423"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22461,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22423\/revisions\/22461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}