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愧

kuì

HSK 5 Character

What 愧 means

1. ashamed

Other readings

愧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kuìold variant of {愧|kuì}

Example sentences

• 汤姆非常愧疚。
  Tom felt very guilty.
• 汤姆感到非常愧疚。
  Tom felt very guilty.
• 我对我自己感到惭愧。
  Wǒ duì wǒ zìjǐ gǎndào cánkuì.
  I am ashamed of myself.
• 问心无愧是一个成语。
  "Having a clear conscience" is an idiom.
• 他不因贫穷而感到羞愧。
  Tā bù yīn pínqióng ér gǎndào xiūkuì.
  He is not ashamed of being poor.
• 我对自己的行为感到羞愧。
  Wǒ duì zìjǐ de xíngwéi gǎndào xiūkuì.
  I was ashamed of my behavior.

Words starting with 愧

• 愧疚kuì jiùto feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful
• 愧对kuì duìto be ashamed to face (sb); to feel bad about having failed (sb)
• 愧恨kuì hènashamed and sorry; suffering shame and remorse
• 愧汗kuì hànsweating from shame; extremely ashamed
• 愧色kuì sèashamed look
• 愧不敢当kuì bù gǎn dānglit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise.…
• 愧悔无地kuì huǐ wú dìashamed and unable to show one's face (idiom)
• 愧赧kuì nǎnto blush in shame; red-faced
• 愧怍kuì zuòashamed

Words containing 愧

• 惭愧cán kuìashamed
• 不愧bù kuìto be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be
• 羞愧xiū kuìashamed
• 当之无愧dāng zhī wú kuìfully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
• 问心无愧wèn xīn wú kuìlit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
• 无愧wú kuìto have a clear conscience; to feel no qualms; to be worthy of (sth)
• 感愧gǎn kuìto feel gratitude mixed with shame
• 抱愧bào kuìfeel ashamed
• 不愧下学bù kuì xià xuénot ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)
• 俯仰无愧fǔ yǎng wú kuìto have a clear conscience
• 问心有愧wèn xīn yǒu kuìto have a guilty conscience
• 当之有愧dāng zhī yǒu kuìto feel undeserving of the praise or the honor
• 羞愧难当xiū kuì nán dāngto feel ashamed (idiom)
• 自愧不如zì kuì bù rúashamed of being inferior (idiom); to feel inferior to others
• 自愧弗如zì kuì fú rúto feel ashamed at being inferior (idiom)
• 扪心无愧mén xīn wú kuìlit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
• 不愧不怍bù kuì bù zuòno shame, no subterfuge (idiom); just and honorable; upright and above board

Characters built on 鬼

These share the phonetic component 鬼 (guǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瑰guī(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 魁kuíchief; head; outstanding
• 傀guīgrand; strange; exotic

Characters that look like 愧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 瑰guī(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 傀guīgrand; strange; exotic
• 惚hūused in 恍惚
• 槐huáiChinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

Sounds the same

Read kuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 馈(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 溃(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 匮to lack; lacking; empty
• 篑basket for carrying soil
• 聩born deaf; deaf; obtuse
• 蒉Amaranthus mangostanus
• 喟to sigh
• 愦confused; troubled