Embarrassing in Chinese
embarrassing · HSK 6
尴尬
- 尴 awkward
- 尬 awkward
我忘了他的名字，很尴尬。 I forgot his name, which was really awkward.
Other ways to say embarrassing
How do you say embarrassing in Chinese?
Embarrassing in Chinese is 尴尬 (gān gà). You can also say 难看 (nán kàn).
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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