What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 尴尬 mean?

尴尬 gāngà

awkward; embarrassing

Its characters

  1. 尴 gān awkward (as in 尴尬)
  2. 尬 gà awkward

In a sentence

我忘了他的名字,很尴尬。 I forgot his name, which was really awkward.

我和老先生互相看了一眼,都笑了一下,有点儿尴尬。

From 电梯里的四十分钟 · Stuck in the lift with the neighbour

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