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惭愧 cánkuì

惭愧 cánkuì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 惭愧 cánkuì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cánkuì | can2 kui4
English translation
ashamed

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Traditional form

慚愧

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 惭愧 cánkuì

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cán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and zhǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of cán .

Phonetic compound

zhǎn

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄斩

Number of Strokes

11
kuì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and guǐ represents the sound. Simplified form of 媿.

Phonetic compound

guǐ

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄鬼

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 惭愧 cánkuì

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一方面 yī fāng miàn Dōng wéi 车上 de 乘客 chéng kè 感到 gǎn dào 惭愧 cánkuì .

On one hand, Tony was ashamed of the people on the train.

当然 dāngrán ,常常 cháng cháng Xiàng rén jiè Qián 自己 zìjǐ huì 惭愧 cánkuì de .

Of course he would be ashamed to borrow often.

duì 自己 zìjǐ 那么 nà me de Huǒ ér 深感 shēn gǎn 惭愧 cánkuì

I felt incredibly ashamed of myself for getting so angry.

惭愧 cánkuì Decomposition

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惭愧 cánkuì Compounds

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