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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 不好意思
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | - to feel embarrassed - to find it embarrassing - to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 670 | 4,943 | 2,382 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 好 | hǎo | - good - appropriate; proper - all right! - (before a verb) easy to - (before a verb) good to - (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so - (verb complement indicating completion) - (of two people) close; on intimate terms - (after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好 | hào | - to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to |
| 意 | yì | - Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]) |
| 意 | yì | - idea - meaning - thought - to think - wish - desire - intention - to expect - to anticipate |
| 思 | sī | - to think - to consider |
Other Words Containing 不好意思
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 不好意思 | 5 | 2 | 670 | 4,943 | 2,382 |