不好意思

Chinese
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not; no to feel no shame; to have the nerve
trad. (不好意思) 不 好意思
simp. #(不好意思) 不 好意思

Pronunciation

Adjective

不好意思

  1. too embarrassed or shy to do something
    他們不好意思走進來。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们不好意思走进来。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen bùhǎoyìsi zǒu jìn lái. [Pinyin]
    They're too embarrassed to come in.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Interjection

不好意思

  1. sorry; excuse me
    真不好意思，讓你破費了。 [MSC, trad.]
    真不好意思，让你破费了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhēn bùhǎoyìsi, ràng nǐ pòfèi le. [Pinyin]
    I'm so sorry for putting you to the expense.
    不好意思，我現在手上有事在做，一會兒打給你好嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    不好意思，我现在手上有事在做，一会儿打给你好吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ xiànzài shǒu shang yǒu shì zài zuò, yīhuìr dǎ gěi nǐ hǎo ma? [Pinyin]
    Sorry, I'm in the middle of something, can I call you back later?

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 不好意思 (“excuse me”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 不好意思
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
Min Nan 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
Dialectal synonyms of 對不起 (“sorry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 對不起
Mandarin Beijing 對不起
Taiwan 對不起
Malaysia 對不起
Singapore 對不起
Cantonese Guangzhou 對唔住
Hong Kong 對唔住, sorry, sor informal
Taishan 對唔住
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 對唔住
Singapore (Guangfu) 對唔住
Hakka Meixian 對唔住
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 失禮, 壞勢, 斯里麻生
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 失禮, 敗勢, 歪勢, 斯里麻生
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 失禮, 歹勢, 斯里麻生
Singapore (Dabu) 敗勢
Jin Taiyuan 對不起
Min Dong Matsu 對不住
Min Nan Xiamen 歹勢, 對不住, 失禮
Quanzhou 歹勢, 對不住
Zhangzhou 䆀勢, 對不住
Taipei 失禮, 歹勢
New Taipei (Sanxia) 失禮
Kaohsiung 失禮, 歹勢
Yilan 失禮
Changhua (Lukang) 失禮, 歹勢
Taichung 失禮
Taichung (Wuqi) 失禮
Tainan 失禮, 歹勢
Taitung 歹勢
Hsinchu 失禮
Kinmen 失禮
Penghu (Magong) 失禮
Penang (Hokkien) 歹勢, sorry
Singapore (Hokkien) 歹勢, 對毋住, sorry
Manila (Hokkien) 歹勢, 對不住
Chaozhou 對唔住
Shantou 對唔住
Singapore (Teochew) 對唔住, 歹勢
Wu Shanghai 勿好意思, 對勿起
Ningbo 交代勿過, 勿好意思
Xiang Changsha 對不住
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