不好意思
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not; no | to feel no shame; to have the nerve | ||
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trad. (不好意思) | 不 | 好意思 | |
simp. #(不好意思) | 不 | 好意思 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 hou2 ji3 si1 / bat1 hou2 ji3 si3
- Wu (Hangzhou, Wugniu): 7peq-hau3-i1-sy1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ˙ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùhǎoyìsi̊h
- Wade–Giles: pu4-hao3-i4-ssŭ5
- Yale: bù-hǎu-yì-sz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhaoyih.sy
- Palladius: бухаоисы (buxaoisy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ sz̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 hou2 ji3 si1 / bat1 hou2 ji3 si3
- Yale: bāt hóu yi sī / bāt hóu yi si
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 hou2 ji3 si1 / bat7 hou2 ji3 si3
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 hou2 yi3 xi1 / bed1 hou2 yi3 xi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Adjective
[edit]不好意思
- embarrassed; shy; ill at ease
- too embarrassed or shy to do something
Synonyms
[edit]- (polite) 不安 (bù'ān)
Antonyms
[edit]- 好意思 (hǎoyìsi)
Interjection
[edit]不好意思
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 不好意思 (“excuse me”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不好意思 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 不好意思 |
Taiwan | 不好意思 | |
Singapore | 不好意思 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔好意思 |
Hong Kong | 唔好意思 | |
Taishan | 唔好意思 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 唔好意思 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 唔好意思 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 敗勢 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 壞勢 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 敗勢 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 敗勢, 歪勢 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 敗勢 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 歹勢 | |
Kuching (Hepo) | 唔好意思 | |
Singapore (Dabu) | 敗勢 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹勢 |
Quanzhou | 歹勢 | |
Shishi | 歹勢 | |
Zhangzhou | 䆀勢 | |
Taipei | 歹勢 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 歹勢 | |
Kaohsiung | 歹勢 | |
Yilan | 歹勢 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 歹勢 | |
Taichung | 歹勢 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 歹勢 | |
Tainan | 歹勢 | |
Taitung | 歹勢 | |
Hsinchu | 歹勢 | |
Kinmen | 歹勢 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 歹勢 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 無好意思 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹勢 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 歹勢 | |
Chaozhou | 孬意思 | |
Shantou | 孬意思 | |
Jieyang | 孬意思 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 孬意思, 歹勢 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 勿好意思 |
Hangzhou | 不好意思 |
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