Shy in Chinese
shy · HSK 4
害羞
- 害 to harm
- 羞 shy
这个孩子见到生人就害羞。 This child gets shy around strangers.
Other ways to say shy
More words with 害 or 羞
How do you say shy in Chinese?
Shy in Chinese is 害羞 (hài xiū). You can also say 不好意思 (bù hǎo yì si).
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?
The CC-CEDICT 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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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.