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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
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
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
hào- to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate
- 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