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不好意思

bù hǎo yì si

HSK 5 4-character word

What 不好意思 means

1. to feel embarrassed
2. to find it embarrassing
3. to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

The characters in 不好意思

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 思sīto think; to consider

Example sentences

• 不好意思！
  Excuse me!
• 不好意思？
  Sorry?