不好意思
bù hǎo yì siㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ㄙ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: BẤT HẢO Ý TƯ
Traditional: 不好意思
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 2TOCFL 1
Meaning(verb, adjective)
to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
Examples
不好意思，我来晚了。
bù hǎo yì si, wǒ lái wǎn le.
Sorry I'm late.
不好意思，请问洗手间在哪儿？
bù hǎo yì si, qǐng wèn xǐ shǒu jiān zài nǎ ér?
Excuse me, where's the restroom?
大家都看着他，他有点儿不好意思。
dà jiā dōu kàn zhe tā, tā yǒu diǎn er bù hǎo yì si.
Everyone was looking at him, and he felt a bit embarrassed.
Easily confused
- 对不起 — 不好意思 is a light 'excuse me / sorry' for small inconveniences; 对不起 is a real apology for a fault.
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Stroke order
BẤT · 4 strokes
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
HIẾU · 6 strokes
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 peop
Ý · 13 strokes
TƯ · 9 strokes
Related words
- 不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 对不起 duì bu qǐ — I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
- 不客气 bù kè qi — you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt
- 不过 bù guò — only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 不管 bù guǎn — not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 不仅 bù jǐn — not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 不得不 bù dé bù — have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 差不多 chà bu duō — almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad