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羞

xiū

disgrace, shame; ashamed; shy

Strokes
10
Radical
羊
HSK
4
Tone
1

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我害羞得不敢正面看她的脸。

    Wǒ hài xiū de bù gǎn zhèng miàn kàn tā de liǎn

    I was too shy to look her in the face.

  • 他很害羞，都不敢和女孩子说话。

    Tā hěn hài xiū dōu bù gǎn hé nǚ hái zi shuō huà

    He is too shy to talk to girls.

  • 聪明人会羞于干这种事。

    Cōng ming rén huì xiū yú gàn zhè zhǒng shì

    A man of sense would be ashamed to do so.

  • 你不需要害羞。

    Nǐ bù xū yào hài xiū

    You have no need to be ashamed.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 羞

  • 害羞hài xiū 4–1 shy; embarrassed; bashful
  • 羞耻xiū chǐ 1–3 (a feeling of) shame
  • 羞愧xiū kuì 1–4 ashamed
  • 恼羞成怒nǎo xiū chéng nù 3–1–2–4to fly into a rage out of humiliation; to be ashamed into anger (idiom)