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kuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuì | kui4
English translation
old variant of kuì [kuì]
ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience

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About kuì

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

媿

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of kuì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄鬼

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

guǐ

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using kuì

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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.

鸿 hóng jiān dào : Dǒng 先生 Xiānsheng 不愧 bùkuì chū 名门 míng mén !

Hung - chien said, " Mr. Tung does indeed come from an illustrious family!

jiǔ xǐng 之后 zhī hòu , huì 为你 de 所作所为 suǒ zuò suǒ wéi ér 感到 gǎn dào 羞愧 xiū kuì .

When you sober up, you'll be ashamed of what you've done.

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.

厚赐 shòu zhī 有愧.

I feel unworthy of the precious gift you have bestowed on me.

Words with kuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
羞愧 xiū kuì ashamed羞愧 xiū kuì
不愧 bùkuì to be worthy of不愧 bùkuì
愧疚 kuì jiù to feel guilty愧疚 kuì jiù
惭愧 cánkuì ashamed慚愧
当之无愧 dāng zhī wú kuì fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)當之無愧
kuì old variant of kuì [kuì]媿
无愧 wú kuì to feel no qualms無愧
问心无愧 wèn xīn wú kuì lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience問心無愧
自愧不如 zì kuì bù rú ashamed of being inferior (idiom)自愧不如 zì kuì bù rú
愧对 kuì duì to be ashamed to face (sb)愧對
愧色 kuì sè ashamed look愧色 kuì sè
愧不敢当 kuì bù gǎn dāng You flatter me too much.愧不敢當
抱愧 bào kuì feel ashamed抱愧 bào kuì
自愧弗如 zì kuì fú rú to feel ashamed at being inferior (idiom)自愧弗如 zì kuì fú rú
感愧 gǎn kuì to feel gratitude mixed with shame感愧 gǎn kuì
愧恨 kuì hèn ashamed and sorry愧恨 kuì hèn
俯仰无愧 fǔ yǎng wú kuì to have a clear conscience俯仰無愧
愧赧 kuì nǎn red-faced愧赧 kuì nǎn
扪心无愧 mén xīn wú kuì lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience捫心無愧
不愧不怍 bù kuì bù zuò upright and above board不愧不怍 bù kuì bù zuò

kuì Decomposition & Compounds

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kuì Decomposition

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