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
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 ／
Hyponym
  • REPENT　REGRET so as to FEEL SHAME AND DECIDE TO CHANGE ONE'S BEHAVIOUR. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • DISSATISFIED　BAD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something that one BELIEVES is not SUFFICIENTLY GOOD OR BAD. (anc: 12/0, child: 2)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • REACT　CHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something. (anc: 10/0, child: 5)
  • 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 (20 items)

    悔  huǐ OC: hmɯɯʔ MC: huo̝i 52 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychregrets
    • VPadNcausing regrets, regretful
    • VPiregret, have regrets
    懺悔  chàn huǐ OC: tshraams hmɯɯʔ MC: ʈʂhɣam huo̝i 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychrepentance; mental conversion
    • VPirepent; convert mentally
    恨  hèn OC: ɡɯɯns MC: ɦən 7 Attributions

    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
    惜  xī OC: sqaɡ MC: siɛk 6 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNrepentant
    • viactchange one's ways, repent, Greek metanoein
    懺  chàn OC: tshraams MC: ʈʂhɣam 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychrepentance; mental conversion
    • viactrepent
    疑悔  yí huǐ OC: ŋɡɯ hmɯɯʔ MC: ŋɨ huo̝i 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychnagging regrets
    改悔  gǎi huǐ OC: klɯɯʔ hmɯɯʔ MC: kəi huo̝i 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactchange one's ways to the better and regret > repent
    變悔  biàn huǐ OC: prons hmɯɯʔ MC: piɛn huo̝i 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)omchange (one's mind) and regret > regret, repent
    惋  wǎn OC: qoons MC: ʔʷɑn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNutter sighs of regret about, regret bitterly
    • vtoNreflexive.自utter sighs of regret about oneselfCH
    後悔  hòu huǐ OC: ɡooʔ hmɯɯʔ MC: ɦu huo̝i 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]regret things too late
    疚  jiù OC: klɯs MC: kɨu 2 Attributions

    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
    悔悋  huǐ lìn OC: hmɯɯʔ rins MC: huo̝i lin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)regret the contextually determinate thing
    吝  lìn OC: rins MC: lin
    悋  lìn OC: rins MC: lin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNarchaic: regret
    中悔  zhōng huǐ OC: krluŋ hmɯɯʔ MC: ʈuŋ huo̝i 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangeregret midway, have regrets midway
    悔吝  huǐ lìn OC: hmɯɯʔ rins MC: huo̝i lin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsych(petty) regrets
    恚悔  huì huǐ OC: qʷes hmɯɯʔ MC: ʔiɛ huo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPisecularbe angry at oneself so as to regret > have angry (mundane) regrets
    懊  ào OC: quuɡs MC: ʔɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viregret and feel depressed as a result
    後憂  hòu yōu OC: ɡoos qu MC: ɦu ʔɨu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychregret