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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6ne-we-zhin
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Adjective
難為情
Synonyms
Verb
難為情
- to be embarrassed; to be uneasy; to be shy
- 2011, Hu Baotan, 弄堂 [lòngtáng]:
- 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.]
- 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.
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.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 害羞 (“to be shy”) [map]