害臊

Chinese

		to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity	bashfulness; smell of urine
trad. (害臊)		害	臊
simp. #(害臊)		害	臊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàisào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ ㄙㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶ sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàisào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ ㄙㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàisào
    • Wade–Giles: hai⁴-sao⁴
    • Yale: hài-sàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haysaw
    • Palladius: хайсао (xajsao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi⁶ sou³
    • Yale: hoih sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi⁶ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯²² sou̯³³/

Verb

害臊

1. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) to be shy; to be bashful; to be embarrassed

Synonyms

• 含羞 (hánxiū) (literary)
• 害羞 (hàixiū)
• 怕人 (pàrén)
• 怕羞 (pàxiū)
• 怕臊 (pàsào) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 害羞 (“to be shy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害羞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	害臊, 靦腆
	Taiwan	害羞, 靦腆
	Malaysia	害羞
	Singapore	害羞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	害臊, 靦腆
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	害羞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	怕羞, 怕醜
	Wuhan	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Hefei	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
Cantonese	Guangzhou	怕醜
	Hong Kong	怕醜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	怕醜
	Macau	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怕醜
	Foshan	怕醜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	怕醜
	Foshan (Shunde)	怕醜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	怕醜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	怕醜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	怕醜
	Taishan	怕醜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	怕醜
	Enping (Niujiang)	怕醜
	Heshan (Yayao)	怕醜
	Dongguan	怕醜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	怕醜
	Yangjiang	怕醜
Gan	Nanchang	著羞
Hakka	Meixian	怕羞, 畏羞
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	怕醜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	畏羞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	畏羞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	怕醜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	驚見笑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	驚見笑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	驚見笑
Jin	Taiyuan	害羞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓好意思
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小禮
Southern Min	Xiamen	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 畏小禮, 畏小人, 閉思, 覕䟙
	Quanzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 閉思
	Zhangzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 䆀勢, 驚䆀勢, 無藝, 驚無藝, 畏小禮, 閉思
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Chaozhou	小禮
	Shantou	小禮
	Jieyang	小禮, 畏小禮
	Puning	小禮, 畏小禮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	小禮
	Leizhou	細禮
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	驚畏醜
Wu	Shanghai	難為情
	Suzhou	難為情, 怕難為情
	Wenzhou	得人憎
Xiang	Changsha	怕醜
	Shuangfeng	怕醜