Embarrassed in Chinese
embarrassed · HSK 6
为难
- 为 for
- 难 difficult
他的请求让我很为难。 His request put me in a difficult position.
Other ways to say embarrassed
More words with 为 or 难
How do you say embarrassed in Chinese?
Embarrassed in Chinese is 为难 (wéi nán). You can also say 不好意思 (bù hǎo yì si), 汗 (hàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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