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尴尬

gān gà

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 尷尬

尴尬 (gān gà) means "awkward, embarrassed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 尴尬 means

1. awkward; embarrassed

The characters in 尴尬

• 尴gānused in 尴尬
• 尬gà(bound form) embarrassing; awkward

Example sentences

• 他的话让我很尴尬。
  His words embarrassed me.
• 看见我，她很尴尬。
  Seeing me, she was embarrassed.
• 他说的话让我很尴尬。
  His words embarrassed me.
• 我认为这很令人尴尬。
  I thought that was embarrassing.
• 她说的话让我觉得很尴尬。
  Tā shuō dehuà ràng wǒ juéde hěn gāngà.
  I was embarrassed by what she said.
• 这件事弄得大家都比较尴尬。
  The incident made everyone feel more embarrassed.

Where 尴尬 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fū–gān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gān gà correctly.
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