怕羞

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful
trad. (怕羞)		怕	羞
simp. ^#(怕羞)		怕	羞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paa³ sau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàⁿ-siu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàxiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pàsiou
  - Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-hsiu¹
  - Yale: pà-syōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pahshiou
  - Palladius: пасю (pasju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paa³ sau¹
  - Yale: pa sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paa³ sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pa³ seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː³³ sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàⁿ-siu
  - Tâi-lô: phànn-siu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvarsiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁴⁴/

Verb

怕羞

to be shy; to be bashful

Synonyms

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含羞 (hánxiū) (literary)
害羞 (hàixiū)
害臊 (hàisào) (colloquial)
怕人 (pàrén)
怕臊 (pàsào) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 害羞 (“to be shy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害羞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	害臊, 靦腆
	Taiwan	害羞, 靦腆
	Chengde	害臊
	Chifeng	害臊
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	害臊
	Heihe	害羞, 害臊
	Qiqihar	害羞, 害臊
	Harbin	害羞, 害臊, 靦片
	Jiamusi	害羞, 害臊
	Baicheng	害臊
	Changchun	害臊
	Tonghua	害臊
	Shenyang	害羞, 害臊
	Jinzhou	害羞, 害臊
	Malaysia	害羞
	Singapore	害羞
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	害臊
	Tangshan	害臊
	Cangzhou	害羞, 害臊
	Baoding	害臊
	Shijiazhuang	害臊
	Lijin	害羞
	Jinan	害臊, 靦腆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	害臊
	Dandong	害羞
	Yantai	害臊, 害淡
	Qingdao	害淡
	Zhucheng	害羞
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	害怪
	Jining	害羞
	Linfen	嫌寒磣
	Shangqiu	害羞
	Yuanyang	害羞, 害臊
	Zhengzhou	害羞
	Xinyang	害羞, 怕拐
	Baihe	害羞
	Xi'an	害羞, 羞, 害臊
	Baoji	害羞, 害臊
	Tianshui	害羞
	Xining	害羞
	Xuzhou	害羞, 害孬, 怕孬, 不好意思
	Fuyang	怕人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	害羞
	Lanzhou	害羞
	Dunhuang	害羞, 害臊
	Hami	害羞, 害臊
	Ürümqi	害臊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	怕羞, 怕醜
	Nanchong	害羞, 怕羞
	Dazhou	怕羞
	Hanyuan	害羞, 怕羞
	Xichang	害羞, 害臊
	Zigong	怕羞
	Chongqing	怕羞, 臉皮薄, 不好意思
	Wuhan	害羞, 害臊, 怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Yichang	害羞, 害燥
	Xiangyang	害羞
	Tianmen	怕羞, 怕醜
	Guiyang	害羞
	Zunyi	害羞, 出不倒井兒
	Bijie	害羞
	Liping	害羞
	Zhaotong	傖
	Dali	害羞
	Kunming	害羞, 怕醜
	Mengzi	害羞
	Guilin	害羞
	Liuzhou	怕醜
	Jishou	怕醜
	Changde	怕醜
	Hanzhong	害羞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	怕醜, 難為情
	Yangzhou	害臊, 怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Lianyungang	害羞
	Lianshui	怕羞
	Nantong	怕醜
	Anqing	怕醜
	Wuhu	怕醜
	Hefei	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情, 不好意思
	Hong'an	害羞, 怕醜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	怕醜
	Hong Kong	怕醜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	怕醜
	Macau	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怕醜
	Foshan	怕醜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	怕醜
	Foshan (Shunde)	怕醜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	怕醜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	怕醜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	怕醜
	Taishan	怕醜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	怕醜
	Enping (Niujiang)	怕醜
	Heshan (Yayao)	怕醜
	Dongguan	怕醜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	怕醜
	Yangjiang	怕醜
Gan	Nanchang	著羞
Hakka	Meixian	怕羞, 畏羞
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	怕醜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	畏羞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	畏羞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	怕醜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	驚見笑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	驚見笑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	驚見笑
Huizhou	Shexian	怕羞, 怕難為情
Jin	Taiyuan	害羞, 羞
	Yangyuan	害羞, 害臊
	Datong	出羞
	Xinzhou	羞
	Lüliang (Lishi)	害羞, 怕羞
	Changzhi	害瞅
	Linhe	害羞, 羞
	Jining	害羞
	Hohhot	害羞
	Erenhot	害羞
	Pingshan	害羞
	Zhangjiakou	害羞, 害臊
	Handan	害羞
	Linzhou	害羞
	Suide	老邁
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓好意思
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小禮
Southern Min	Xiamen	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 畏小禮, 畏小人, 閉思, 覕䟙
	Quanzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 閉思
	Zhangzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 䆀勢, 驚䆀勢, 無藝, 驚無藝, 畏小禮, 閉思
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Chaozhou	小禮
	Shantou	小禮
	Jieyang	小禮, 畏小禮
	Puning	小禮, 畏小禮
	Singapore (Teochew)	小禮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	小禮
	Leizhou	細禮
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	驚畏醜
Wu	Shanghai	難為情
	Suzhou	難為情, 怕難為情
	Wenzhou	得人憎
Xiang	Changsha	怕醜
Xiang	Shuangfeng	怕醜