惭
愧

Ashamed in Chinese: 惭愧 (cán kuì)

cán kuì

ashamed

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 慚愧2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1ashamed

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惭
愧

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄢˊ

cán

ㄘ/ cㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄎㄨㄟˋ

kuì

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

惭愧

Simplified

慚愧

Traditional

Example sentences

See 惭愧 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我对我自己感到惭愧。

    wǒ duì wǒ zì jǐ gǎn dào cán kuì。

    I am ashamed of myself.

  • 我很惭愧，这是我第一次对我爸说谎。

    wǒ hěn cán kuì， zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì duì wǒ bà shuō huǎng。

    This is the first time I've ever lied to my father and I am ashamed of myself.

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Related words

羞愧

xiū kuì

ashamed

当之无愧

dāng zhī wú kuì

fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom)

操心

cāo xīn

to worry about

测验

cè yàn

test

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

车厢

chē xiāng

carriage

趁

chèn

to avail oneself of

称呼

chēng hu

to call

诚恳

chéng kěn

sincere

吃亏

chī kuī

to suffer losses

翅膀

chì bǎng

wing

抽屉

chōu ti

drawer

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