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羞耻

xiū chǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 羞恥

羞耻 (xiū chǐ) means "(a feeling of) shame". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 羞耻 means

1. (a feeling of) shame

The characters in 羞耻

• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 耻chǐ(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace

Example sentences

• 他的脸因羞耻而变红了。
  Tā de liǎn yīn xiūchǐ ér biànhóng le.
  His face reddened with shame.
• 他为他的失败感到羞耻。
  He is ashamed of his failure.
• 她为自己的粗心感到羞耻。
  Tā wèi zìjǐ de cūxīn gǎndào xiūchǐ.
  She was ashamed of herself for her carelessness.
• 你应该为你自己感到羞耻。
  You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
• 她为自己所做的事感到羞耻。
  Tā wèi zìjǐ suǒ zuò de shì gǎndào xiūchǐ.
  She is ashamed of what she's done.
• 提问对他来说是很羞耻的事。
  Tíwèn duì tā lái shuō shì hěn xiūchǐ de shì.
  He is ashamed to ask questions.

Words containing 羞耻

• 不知羞耻bù zhī xiū chǐto have no sense of shame; brazen

Where 羞耻 is taught

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

Go deeper

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