Dictionary › 惭
惭
cán
What 惭 means
- ashamed
Other readings
Example sentences
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我对我自己感到惭愧。Wǒ duì wǒ zìjǐ gǎndào cánkuì.I am ashamed of myself.
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我很惭愧，这是我第一次对我爸说谎。Wǒ hěn cánkuì, zhè shì wǒ dìyīcì duì wǒ bà shuōhuǎng.This is the first time I've ever lied to my father and I am ashamed of myself.
Words starting with 惭
Words containing 惭
- 大言不惭dà yán bù cánto boast shamelessly; to talk big
- 自惭形秽zì cán xíng huì(idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate
- 羞惭xiū cána disgrace; ashamed
Characters built on 斩
These share the phonetic component 斩 (zhǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 惭
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 渐jiàngradual; gradually
- 晰xīclear; distinct
- 浙Zhèshort name for Zhejiang 浙江
- 粥zhōucongee; gruel; porridge
- 弼bìto assist
- 淅xī(onomatopoeia) sound of rain, sleet etc
Sounds the same
Read cán, tone for tone, but written differently.
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