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Chinese[edit]
不 | 好意思 |
不 | 好意思 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin(Pinyin): bùhǎoyìsi(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ˙ㄙ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 hou2 ji3 si1, bat1 hou2 ji3 si3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin: bùhǎoyìsi
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ˙ㄙ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhaoyih.sy
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùhǎoyìsi̊h
- Wade–Giles: pu4-hao3-i4-ssŭ5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵¹ sz̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese,
Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bat1 hou2 ji3 si1, bat1 hou2 ji3 si3
- Yale: bāt hóu yi sī, bāt hóu yi si
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 hou2 ji3 si1, bat7 hou2 ji3 si3
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 hou2 yi3 xi1, bed1 hou2 yi3 xi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese,
Guangzhou)+
Adjective[edit]
不好意思
- too embarrassed or
shy to do something 他們不好意思走進來。
[MSC,
trad.]
他们不好意思走进来。 [MSC, simp.]Tāmen bùhǎoyìsi zǒu jìn lái. [Pinyin]They're too embarrassed to come in.
Synonyms[edit]
- (polite) 不安 (bù'ān)
Antonyms[edit]
- 好意思 (hǎoyìsi)
Interjection[edit]
不好意思
- sorry; excuse me真不好意思,讓你破費了。
[MSC,
trad.]
真不好意思,让你破费了。 [MSC, simp.]Zhēn bùhǎoyìsi, ràng nǐ pòfèi le. [Pinyin]I'm so sorry for putting you to the expense.不好意思,我現在手上有事在做,一會兒打給你好嗎? [MSC, trad.]
不好意思,我现在手上有事在做,一会儿打给你好吗? [MSC, simp.]Bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ xiànzài shǒu shang yǒu shì zài zuò, yīhuìr dǎ gěi nǐ hǎo ma? [Pinyin]Sorry, I'm in the middle of something, can I call you back later?
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 不好意思 (“excuse me”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 對不起 (“sorry”) [map]
對不起 | |
Beijing | 對不起 |
Taiwan | 對不起 |
Malaysia | 對不起 |
Singapore | 對不起 |
Guangzhou | 對唔住 |
Hong Kong | 對唔住, sorry |
Taishan | 對唔住 |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 對唔住 |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 對唔住 |
Meixian | 對唔住 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) | 失禮, 壞勢, 斯里麻生 |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) | 失禮, 敗勢, 歪勢, 斯里麻生 |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) | 失禮, 歹勢, 斯里麻生 |
Singapore (Dabu) | 敗勢 |
Taiyuan | 對不起 |
Matsu | 對不住 |
Xiamen | 歹勢, 對不住, 失禮 |
Quanzhou | 歹勢, 對不住 |
Zhangzhou | 䆀勢, 對不住 |
Taipei | 失禮, 歹勢 |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 失禮 |
Kaohsiung | 失禮, 歹勢 |
Yilan | 失禮 |
Changhua (Lukang) | 失禮, 歹勢 |
Taichung | 失禮 |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 失禮 |
Tainan | 失禮, 歹勢 |
Taitung | 歹勢 |
Hsinchu | 失禮 |
Kinmen | 失禮 |
Penghu (Magong) | 失禮 |
Penang (Hokkien) | 歹勢, sorry |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 對毋住, sorry |
Manila (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 對不住 |
Chaozhou | 對唔住 |
Shantou | 對唔住 |
Singapore (Teochew) | 對唔住, 歹勢 |
Shanghai | 勿好意思, 對勿起 |
Ningbo | 交代勿過, 勿好意思 |
Changsha | 對不住 |
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