"慚愧" meaning in Chinese

See 慚愧 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡sʰän³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰaːm²¹ kʷʰɐi̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰam¹³⁻²² kʰui²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰui¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /t͡sʰam²³⁻³³ kʰui²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Audio: Zh-cánkuì.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo] Forms: 惭愧 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 慚愧
  1. ashamed; mortified Synonyms (ashamed): 羞慚 (xiūcán), 羞惭 (xiūcán), 羞愧 (xiūkuì), 見笑 [Hokkien], 见笑 [Hokkien]
    Sense id: en-慚愧-zh-adj-DYZW4Akg Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 8 31 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 8 31 31 Disambiguation of Emotions: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'ashamed': 99 1
  2. (humble) (I am) lucky; fortunate; thankful (that) Tags: humble
    Sense id: en-慚愧-zh-adj-qmd72GwN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 慚愧無地, 惭愧无地
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "慚愧無地"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "惭愧无地"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "惭愧",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "慚愧",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 8 31 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 8 31 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "zh:Emotions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ashamed; mortified"
      ],
      "id": "en-慚愧-zh-adj-DYZW4Akg",
      "links": [
        [
          "ashamed",
          "ashamed"
        ],
        [
          "mortified",
          "mortified"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "roman": "xiūcán",
          "sense": "ashamed",
          "word": "羞慚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "roman": "xiūcán",
          "sense": "ashamed",
          "word": "羞惭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "roman": "xiūkuì",
          "sense": "ashamed",
          "word": "羞愧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "sense": "ashamed",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "見笑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "sense": "ashamed",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "见笑"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "(I am) lucky; fortunate; thankful (that)"
      ],
      "id": "en-慚愧-zh-adj-qmd72GwN",
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ],
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "thankful",
          "thankful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humble) (I am) lucky; fortunate; thankful (that)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humble"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cánkuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-cánkuì.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Zh-cánkuì.ogg/Zh-cánkuì.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-cánkuì.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "caam⁴ kwai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhâm-khùi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cánkuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cánkuèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsʻan²-kʻuei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsán-kwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsarnkuey"
    },
    {
      "roman": "canʹkuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цанькуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "caam⁴ kwai⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chàahm kwáih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsaam⁴ kwai⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ kuei⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ kʷʰɐi̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhâm-khùi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshâm-khuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhamquix"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam¹³⁻²² kʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰui¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²³⁻³³ kʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "慚愧"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 愧",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 慚",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Emotions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "慚愧無地"
    },
    {
      "word": "惭愧无地"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "惭愧",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "慚愧",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ashamed; mortified"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ashamed",
          "ashamed"
        ],
        [
          "mortified",
          "mortified"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese humble terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(I am) lucky; fortunate; thankful (that)"
      ],
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        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ],
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "thankful",
          "thankful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humble) (I am) lucky; fortunate; thankful (that)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humble"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cánkuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-cánkuì.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Zh-cánkuì.ogg/Zh-cánkuì.ogg.mp3",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "caam⁴ kwai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhâm-khùi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cánkuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cánkuèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsʻan²-kʻuei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsán-kwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsarnkuey"
    },
    {
      "roman": "canʹkuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цанькуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "caam⁴ kwai⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chàahm kwáih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsaam⁴ kwai⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ kuei⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ kʷʰɐi̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhâm-khùi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshâm-khuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhamquix"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam¹³⁻²² kʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰui¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²³⁻³³ kʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiūcán",
      "sense": "ashamed",
      "word": "羞慚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiūcán",
      "sense": "ashamed",
      "word": "羞惭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiūkuì",
      "sense": "ashamed",
      "word": "羞愧"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ashamed",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "見笑"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ashamed",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "见笑"
    }
  ],
  "word": "慚愧"
}

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