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Meaning of 羞

Pinyin xiū

Radical

羊

Strokes

Definition

shy / ashamed / shame / bashful

Usage

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羞 [xiū] [动] 1. 感到耻辱： feel shame; to feel disgrace. 例：～耻。～辱。～恶。 Example: feel ashamed; feel insulted; feel disgusted. 2. 难为情，害臊： be shy; to be embarrassed. 例：害～。～惭。～臊。～愧。含～。～赧。 Example: feel bashful; be embarrassed; feel ashamed; feel guilty; blush from shyness. 3. 使难为情： make someone feel embarrassed. 例：～人。你别～我。 Example: embarrass someone; don’t embarrass me. 4. 进献： offer; to present. 例：“～玉芝以疗饥”。 Example: "offer jade grass to relieve hunger." 5. 同“馐”： same as "xiū" in the context of offering food. 【本义】: 进献 (Original meaning: to offer) 【造字法】: 会意兼形声 (Character formation method: pictophonetic). This character combines the image of holding a sheep (representing offering) and sounds related to the character "丑," which phonetically resembles the change of the hand. 同本义 ([En.] offer) 推荐; 进用 ([En.] recommend) 假借为“丑”。感到耻辱 ([En.] shame) 因惭愧而难为情 ([En.] be shy; abash) 嘲弄; 侮辱 ([En.] mock; poke fun at; insult) 怕 ([En.] fear) 【引】 1. 《说文》：羞，进献也。从羊，羊所进也。 2. 《周礼·宰夫》：以式法掌祭祀之戒具，与其荐羞。注：“庶羞，内羞”。 3. 《左传》：可荐于鬼神，可羞于王公。 4. 《红楼梦》：一则贾环羞口难开，二则贾环也不在意。【例】羞豆 (a vessel for offering food during ancient ceremonies); 羞膳 (food offerings). 名 (Noun) 熟的食物 (【英】：cooked food). 1. 《楚辞·招魂》：肴羞未通，女乐罗些。 2. 《荀子·礼论》：祭齐大羹而饱庶羞，贵本而亲用也。【例】羞膳 (delicious food); 羞味 (tasty dish); 羞炰 (cooked meat).

娇羞 jiāo xiū

bashful / shy / shyness / modesty

怕羞 pà xiū

coy / shy / bashful

羞怯 xiū qiè

shy / timid

恼羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù

to fly into a rage out of humiliation / to be ashamed into anger (idiom)

羞恼 xiū nǎo

resentful / humiliated and angry

羞惭 xiū cán

a disgrace / ashamed

羞愤 xiū fèn

ashamed and resentful / indignant

羞愧 xiū kuì

ashamed

羞涩 xiū sè

shy / bashful

囊中羞涩 náng zhōng xiū sè

to be embarrassingly short of money

羞辱 xiū rǔ

to baffle / to humiliate / shame / dishonor / humiliation

羞耻 xiū chǐ

(a feeling of) shame

害羞 hài xiū

shy / embarrassed / bashful

老羞成怒 lǎo xiū chéng nù

see 惱羞成怒|恼羞成怒[nao3 xiu1 cheng2 nu4]

含羞 hán xiū

shy / bashfully / with a shy look

含羞草 hán xiū cǎo

mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)

羞羞答答 xiū xiū dā dā

shy / coy / bashful / shamefaced / as shy as Daphne

遮羞布 zhē xiū bù

G-string / loincloth / fig. last semblance / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

遮羞 zhē xiū

to cover up one's embarrassment / to hush up a scandal

羞于启齿 xiū yú qǐ chǐ

to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)

羞赧 xiū nǎn

(literary) embarrassed / bashful