害羞

Chinese

		to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity	shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful
trad. (害羞)		害	羞
simp. #(害羞)		害	羞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàixiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶ sau¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāi-siu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàixiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàisiou
    • Wade–Giles: hai⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: hài-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hayshiou
    • Palladius: хайсю (xajsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi⁶ sau¹
    • Yale: hoih sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶ sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi⁶ seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯²² sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāi-siu
    • Tâi-lô: hāi-siu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haixsiw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai²²⁻²¹ siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁴¹⁻²² siu³³/

Verb

害⫽羞 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to be shy; to be bashful

Synonyms

• 含羞 (hánxiū) (literary)
• 害臊 (hàisào) (colloquial)
• 怕人 (pàrén)
• 怕羞 (pàxiū)
• 怕臊 (pàsào) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 害羞 (“to be shy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害羞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	害臊, 靦腆
	Taiwan	害羞, 靦腆
	Malaysia	害羞
	Singapore	害羞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	害臊, 靦腆
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	害羞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	怕羞, 怕醜
	Wuhan	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Hefei	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
Cantonese	Guangzhou	怕醜
	Hong Kong	怕醜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	怕醜
	Macau	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怕醜
	Foshan	怕醜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	怕醜
	Foshan (Shunde)	怕醜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	怕醜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	怕醜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	怕醜
	Taishan	怕醜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	怕醜
	Enping (Niujiang)	怕醜
	Heshan (Yayao)	怕醜
	Dongguan	怕醜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	怕醜
	Yangjiang	怕醜
Gan	Nanchang	著羞
Hakka	Meixian	怕羞, 畏羞
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	怕醜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	畏羞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	畏羞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	怕醜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	驚見笑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	驚見笑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	驚見笑
Jin	Taiyuan	害羞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓好意思
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小禮
Southern Min	Xiamen	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 畏小禮, 畏小人, 閉思, 覕䟙
	Quanzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 閉思
	Zhangzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 䆀勢, 驚䆀勢, 無藝, 驚無藝, 畏小禮, 閉思
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Chaozhou	小禮
	Shantou	小禮
	Jieyang	小禮, 畏小禮
	Puning	小禮, 畏小禮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	小禮
	Leizhou	細禮
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	驚畏醜
Wu	Shanghai	難為情
	Suzhou	難為情, 怕難為情
	Wenzhou	得人憎
Xiang	Changsha	怕醜
	Shuangfeng	怕醜

Related terms

• 靦腆／腼腆 (miǎntiǎn)