羞澀

See also: 羞涩

Chinese

		shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful	grating (of surfaces); tart; acerbic
trad. (羞澀)		羞	澀
simp. (羞涩)		羞	涩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ saap³, sau¹ sap¹, sau¹ sik¹, sau¹ gip³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-siap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siousè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: syōu-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouseh
    • Palladius: сюсэ (sjusɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ saap³, sau¹ sap¹, sau¹ sik¹, sau¹ gip³
    • Yale: sāu saap, sāu sāp, sāu sīk, sāu gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ saap⁸, sau¹ sap⁷, sau¹ sik⁷, sau¹ gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ sab³, seo¹ seb¹, seo¹ xig¹, seo¹ gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ saːp̚³/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐp̚⁵/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ kiːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-siap
    • Tâi-lô: siu-siap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusiab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ siap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ siap̚³²/

Adjective

羞澀

1. shy; bashful

Synonyms

• 忸怩 (niǔní)
• 畏小禮／畏小礼 (Teochew, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 秘四 (Hokkien)
• 覕䟙／𰴕䟙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 靦腆／䩄腆 (miǎntiǎn)
• 驚無藝／惊无艺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 囊中羞澀／囊中羞涩 (nángzhōngxiūsè)
• 客囊羞澀／客囊羞涩
• 阮囊羞澀／阮囊羞涩 (ruǎnnángxiūsè)