唔好意思

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to feel no shame; to have the nerve
trad. (唔好意思)		唔	好意思
simp. #(唔好意思)		唔	好意思
alternative forms		毋好意思 Hakka

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): m⁴ hou² ji³ si¹ / m⁴ hou² ji³ si³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): m³ hau² yi¹ lhu¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): m̀ hó yi-sṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): m² hau³ yi⁴ si¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ hou² ji³ si¹ / m⁴ hou² ji³ si³
    • Yale: m̀h hóu yi sī / m̀h hóu yi si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ hou² ji³ si¹ / m⁴ hou² ji³ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ hou² yi³ xi¹ / m⁴ hou² yi³ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/, /m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: m³ hau² yi¹ lhu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²² hau⁵⁵ ji³³ ɬu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: m̀ hó yi-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: m^ˇ ho^ˋ i sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: m² ho³ yi⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /m¹¹ ho³¹ i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: m̀ hó yi-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: m^ˇ ho^ˋ (r)i sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: m² ho³ yi⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /m¹¹ ho³¹ (j)i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: m² hau³ yi⁴ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /m̩¹¹ hau³¹ i⁵³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Adjective

唔好意思

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) embarrassed

Interjection

唔好意思

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) sorry; excuse me

See also

Dialectal synonyms of 不好意思 (“excuse me”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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