難為情

See also: 难为情

Chinese

		to be difficult to do; to make it difficult for	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (難為情/難爲情)		難為/難爲	情
simp. (难为情)		难为	情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánwéiqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ wai⁴ cing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-ûi-chêng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ne-we-zhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánwéiqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánwéicíng
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-wei²-chʻing²
    • Yale: nán-wéi-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanweichyng
    • Palladius: наньвэйцин (nanʹvɛjcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ wai⁴ cing⁴
    • Yale: nàahn wàih chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ wai⁴ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ wei⁴ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-ûi-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: lân-uî-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lan'uizeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² ui¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ ui²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ne-we-zhin
    • MiniDict: ne^去 we zhin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne-hhue-xxin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² ɦue⁵⁵ ʑin²¹/

Adjective

難為情

1. embarrassed; uneasy; shy
2. afraid of hurting other people's feelings

Synonyms

• (embarrassed): (formal) 訕訕／讪讪 (shànshàn); (Hokkien) 八死

Verb

難為情

1. to be embarrassed; to be uneasy; to be shy

   • 因得文化大革命個辰光，伊知識分子屋裡抄過家，到乃看見知識分子還難為情。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     因得文化大革命个辰光，伊知识分子屋里抄过家，到乃看见知识分子还难为情。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2011, Hu Baotan, 弄堂

     ¹in-teq ⁶ven-ho ⁶da-keq-min-gheq ⁶zen-kuaon ⁶yi ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁷oq-li ¹tshau-ku ¹ka ⁵tau ⁶ne ¹khoe-ci ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁶ghe ⁶ne-we-zhin [Wugniu]

     Because during the cultural revolution, he had raided the houses of a few intellectuals, even now he gets embarrassed seeing them.

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害羞
Mandarin	Beijing	害臊, 靦腆
	Taiwan	害羞, 靦腆
	Jinan	害臊, 靦腆
	Xi'an	害羞
	Wuhan	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Chengdu	怕羞, 怕醜
	Yangzhou	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Hefei	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Malaysia	害羞
	Singapore	害羞
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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
	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