REGRET  後悔悔／恨

DISSATISFIED IN-RELATION-TO one's SELF:own PAST ACTION.BECAUSE one BELIEVES them to have been WICKED.
BE SORRY ABOUTFEEL CONTRITE ABOUTFEEL REMORSE ABOUT/FORBE REMORSEFUL ABOUTRUEREPENT (OF)FEEL REPENTANT ABOUTBE REGRETFUL AT/ABOUT
Hypernym
  • DISSATISFIEDBAD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something that one BELIEVES is not SUFFICIENTLY GOOD OR BAD.
    • FEELINGNATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND.
      • REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
Hyponym
  • REPENT　REGRET so as to FEEL SHAME AND DECIDE TO CHANGE ONE'S BEHAVIOUR.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for regret of one's actions is huǐ 悔, whereas the current general word for regretting past experience is hèn 恨.　LH: 鳥與人異，謂之能悔。

    2. Jiù 疚 refers to specifically moral regret.

    3. Xí 惜 refers to emotional and sentimental regret.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    懊惱 / 懊悔

    後悔

    遺憾

    失悔

    懊悔

    嗟悔

    追悔

    懺悔

    悔恨

    悔吝

    悔禍

    悔

    悔悟

    悔悟之心

    自怨自艾

    吃後悔藥

    悔不當初

    何必當初 >have regrets about the past.

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.34

    • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 156

    • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 204

    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      POENITENTIA

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 8.944

      REUE

    • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 181

    • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 9

    • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

      REPENTANCE

    • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 21

    • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 47A

    Words

    悔  huǐ OC: hmɯɯʔ MC: huo̝i 52 AttributionsWD

    The current general word for regret of one's actions is huǐ 悔, whereas the current general word for regretting past experience is hèn 恨. LH: 鳥與人異，謂之能悔。

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 尤/BLAME Yóu 尤 often refers to official blame and censure, but there are archaic generalised uses of the word where it simply means "to apportion blame for something".

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychregrets, regret
    • vi(discover one's mistake too late and) regret and repent; have regrets
    • videspairhave regrets (about a mundane mistake); despair of one's ambitions
    • vt(oN)regret something contextually determinate
    • vt+V[0]regret Ving
    • vtoNregret; repent on
    • vtoNPab{S}regret having been responsible for SCH
    • vtoNpassivebe regretted 不可悔
    • vtoNpsychbe full of regrets about (oneself)
    • vtoSregret that S
    • vttoN.+V[0]psychregret that one has V-ed
    • vttpostnpro.oNPab{S}regret the fact that S
    悔恨  huǐ hèn OC: hmɯɯʔ ɡɯɯns MC: huo̝i ɦən 9 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychregrets
    • VPadNcausing regrets, regretful
    • VPiregret, have regrets
    恨  hèn OC: ɡɯɯns MC: ɦən 7 AttributionsWD

    The current general word for regret of one's actions is huǐ 悔, whereas the current general word for regretting past experience is hèn 恨.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.redintense regret
    • nabpsychregrets
    • vihave regrets
    • vt+V[0]I regret that (in these constructions the subjects seems to be always deleted and understood as referring to the speaker)
    • vtoNstativeregret intensely (an impossibility)
    • vtt+.N+Vpsychregret that one did not V
    懺悔  chàn huǐ OC: tshraams hmɯɯʔ MC: ʈʂhɣam huo̝i 7 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychrepentance; mental conversion
    • VPirepent; convert mentally
    惜  xī OC: sqaɡ MC: siɛk 6 AttributionsWD

    Xí 惜 refers to emotional and sentimental regret.

      Syntactic words
    • vt[0](oN)(I) regret the contextually determinate situation N> what a pity!
    • vtoNPab{S}to regret that (with sentential object)
    • vtoNstativeregret (something that is about to happen); regret (an impossibility); think sadly of
    悛  quān OC: skhlon MC: tshiɛn 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNrepentant
    • viactchange one's ways, repent, Greek metanoein
    懺  chàn OC: tshraams MC: ʈʂhɣam 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychrepentance; mental conversion
    • viactrepent
    惋  wǎn OC: qoons MC: ʔʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNutter sighs of regret about, regret bitterly
    • vtoNreflexive.自utter sighs of regret about oneselfCH
    疚  jiù OC: klɯs MC: kɨu 2 AttributionsWD

    Jiù 疚 refers to specifically moral regret.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychmoral regret
    • vipsychnourish moral regrets, feel moral regrets; feel uncomfortable
    • vt+prep+Npsychfeel regret with regard to N
    • vtoNregret GY: 無所不疚
    後悔  hòu huǐ OC: ɡooʔ hmɯɯʔ MC: ɦu huo̝i 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]regret things too late
    改悔  gǎi huǐ OC: klɯɯʔ hmɯɯʔ MC: kəi huo̝i 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactchange one's ways to the better and regret > repent
    疑悔  yí huǐ OC: ŋɡɯ hmɯɯʔ MC: ŋɨ huo̝i 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychnagging regrets
    變悔  biàn huǐ OC: prons hmɯɯʔ MC: piɛn huo̝i 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)omchange (one's mind) and regret > regret, repent
    吝  lìn OC: rins MC: lin
    悋  lìn OC: rins MC: lin 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNarchaic: regret
    中悔  zhōng huǐ OC: krluŋ hmɯɯʔ MC: ʈuŋ huo̝i 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangeregret midway, have regrets midway
    悔悋  huǐ lìn OC: hmɯɯʔ rins MC: huo̝i lin 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)regret the contextually determinate thing
    懊  ào OC: quuɡs MC: ʔɑu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viregret and feel depressed as a result
    後憂  hòu yōu OC: ɡoos qu MC: ɦu ʔɨu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychregret
    恚悔  huì huǐ OC: qʷes hmɯɯʔ MC: ʔiɛ huo̝i 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPisecularbe angry at oneself so as to regret > have angry (mundane) regrets
    悔吝  huǐ lìn OC: hmɯɯʔ rins MC: huo̝i lin 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsych(petty) regrets

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