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耻

chǐ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 恥

What 耻 means

1. bound formshame; humiliation; disgrace

Example sentences

• 那是一个耻辱。
  Nàshi yī gè chǐrǔ.
  That's a shame.
• 不遵守承诺是可耻的。
  Bù zūnshǒu chéngnuò shì kěchǐ de.
  It is a shame not to keep your promise.
• 你认为汤姆很无耻吗？
  Do you think Tom is unscrupulous?
• 你的行为是绝对可耻的。
  Nǐ de xíngwéi shì juéduì kěchǐ de.
  Your conduct is absolutely shameful.
• 我受够了他的厚颜无耻。
  Wǒ shòugòu le tā de hòuyánwúchǐ.
  I've had quite enough of his impudence.
• 他的脸因羞耻而变红了。
  Tā de liǎn yīn xiūchǐ ér biànhóng le.
  His face reddened with shame.

Words starting with 耻

• 耻辱chǐ rǔdisgrace; shame; humiliation
• 耻笑chǐ xiàoto sneer at sb; to ridicule
• 耻毛chǐ máopubic hair
• 耻骨chǐ gǔpubis; pubic bone
• 耻骂chǐ màto abuse; to mock

Words containing 耻

• 无耻wú chǐwithout any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
• 羞耻xiū chǐ(a feeling of) shame
• 可耻kě chǐshameful; disgraceful; ignominious
• 厚颜无耻hòu yán wú chǐshameless
• 廉耻lián chǐhonor and shame; sense of honor
• 国耻guó chǐnational humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and…
• 恬不知耻tián bù zhī chǐto have no sense of shame
• 忍耻rěn chǐto endure humiliation
• 知耻zhī chǐto have a sense of shame
• 雪耻xuě chǐto take revenge for a past insult; to expunge a disgrace or humiliation
• 病耻感bìng chǐ gǎnstigma attached to a disease
• 不耻下问bù chǐ xià wènnot feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
• 不知羞耻bù zhī xiū chǐto have no sense of shame; brazen
• 报仇雪耻bào chóu xuě chǐto take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
• 奇耻大辱qí chǐ dà rǔ(idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment
• 礼义廉耻lǐ yì lián chǐ(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四维
• 荒淫无耻huāng yín wú chǐshameless
• 勿忘国耻wù wàng guó chǐNever forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September…
• 卑鄙无耻bēi bǐ wú chǐ(idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity
• 一雪前耻yī xuě qián chǐto wipe away a humiliation (idiom)
• 八荣八耻Bā Róng Bā ChǐEight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
• 好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇hào xué jìn hū zhī , lì xíng jìn hū rén , zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒngto love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to…

Characters built on 止

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

• 此cǐthis; these
• 企qǐ(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to…
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 趾zhǐtoe
• 芷zhǐangelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM

Characters that look like 耻

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

• 秘mìsecret; secretary
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 趾zhǐtoe
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)

Sounds the same

Read chǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尺a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler
• 齿(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 侈extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
• 豉salted fermented beans
• 呎foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m); old form of modern 英尺
• 褫to strip; to deprive of; to discharge
• 扡drag along
• 欼drink
• 誃to separate
• 奓old variant of 侈