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羞

xiū

HSK 4 Character

What 羞 means

1. shy
2. ashamed
3. shame
4. bashful
5. variant of {馐|xiū}
6. delicacies

Example sentences

• 别害羞
  Bié hàixiū
  Don't be shy!
• 别害羞！
  Don't be shy!
• 我害羞。
  I was shy.
• 不要害羞。
  Don't be shy.
• 别太害羞。
  Don't be too shy.
• 汤姆害羞。
  Tom is shy.

Words starting with 羞

• 羞耻xiū chǐ(a feeling of) shame
• 羞涩xiū sèshy; bashful
• 羞愧xiū kuìashamed
• 羞辱xiū rǔto humiliate; to shame; humiliation
• 羞怯xiū qièshy; timid
• 羞红xiū hóngto blush
• 羞答答xiū dā dābashful
• 羞脸xiū liǎnto blush with shame
• 羞羞脸xiū xiū liǎn(jocular) shame on you!
• 羞于启齿xiū yú qǐ chǐto be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
• 羞愤xiū fènashamed and resentful; indignant
• 羞恼xiū nǎoresentful; humiliated and angry
• 羞愧难当xiū kuì nán dāngto feel ashamed (idiom)
• 羞惭xiū cána disgrace; ashamed
• 羞赧xiū nǎn(literary) embarrassed; bashful

Words containing 羞

• 害羞hài xiūshy; embarrassed; bashful
• 恼羞成怒nǎo xiū chéng nù(idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation
• 娇羞jiāo xiūbashful; shy; shyness
• 囊中羞涩náng zhōng xiū sèto be embarrassingly short of money
• 怕羞pà xiūcoy; shy; bashful
• 蒙羞méng xiūto be shamed; to be humiliated
• 识羞shí xiūto know shame; to feel shame (often with a negative, shameless)
• 含羞草hán xiū cǎomimosa; sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
• 碍口识羞ài kǒu shí xiūtongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)
• 闭月羞花bì yuè xiū huālit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom); fig. female beauty exceeding even that…
• 点名羞辱diǎn míng xiū rǔto attack publicly; to stage a denunciation campaign
• 荡妇羞辱dàng fù xiū rǔto slut-shame
• 遮羞zhē xiūto cover up one's embarrassment; to hush up a scandal
• 遮羞布zhē xiū bùloincloth; (fig.) fig leaf
• 不知羞耻bù zhī xiū chǐto have no sense of shame; brazen
• 没羞没臊méi xiū méi sàoshameless
• 珍羞zhēn xiūvariant of 珍馐
• 老羞成怒lǎo xiū chéng nùsee 恼羞成怒
• 怯羞qiè xiūsee 羞怯

Characters built on 丑

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

• 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
• 钮niǔbutton
• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring
• 妞niūgirl
• 忸niǔused in 忸怩
• 狃niǔaccustomed to

Characters that look like 羞

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

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack
• 盗dàoto steal; to rob; to plunder
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)

Sounds the same

Read xiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 休to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 修to decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 咻call out; jeer
• 馐delicacies
• 脩dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting…
• 庥protection; shade
• 髹red lacquer; to lacquer
• 鸺used in 鸺鹠
• 茠to weed; to eradicate
• 貅see 貔貅