含羞

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful
trad. (含羞)		含	羞
simp. #(含羞)		含	羞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ sau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánsiou
    • Wade–Giles: han²-hsiu¹
    • Yale: hán-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshiou
    • Palladius: ханьсю (xanʹsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ sau¹
    • Yale: hàhm sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

含羞

1. (literary) to feel ashamed and resentful
2. (literary) to have a shy look; to be bashful

Synonyms

• (to have a shy look):

• 害羞 (hàixiū)
• 害臊 (hàisào) (colloquial)
• 怕人 (pàrén)
• 怕羞 (pàxiū)
• 怕臊 (pàsào) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 含羞忍辱
• 含羞草 (hánxiūcǎo)
• 忍恥含羞／忍耻含羞
• 忍辱含羞