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腼腆

miǎn tiǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 靦腆

腼腆 (miǎn tiǎn) means "shy; bashful". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 腼腆 means

1. shy; bashful

The characters in 腼腆

• 腼miǎnused in 腼腆
• 腆tiǎnmake strong (as liquors); virtuous

Example sentences

• 她给了我一个腼腆的笑容。
  Tā gěi le wǒ yī gè miǎntiǎn de xiàoróng.
  She gave me a shy smile.

Sounds the same

Read miǎn tiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 䩄觍variant of 腼腆

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