好意思
hǎo yì si
Pinyin

Definition

好意思
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hǎo yì si
  1. to have the nerve
  2. what a cheek!
  3. to feel no shame
  4. to overcome the shame
  5. (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好
hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 good to
  5. 5 easy to
  6. 6 very
  7. 7 so
  8. 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. 9 (of two people) close
  10. 10 on intimate terms
  11. 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
中意
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
介意
jiè yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to take offense
  3. 3 to mind
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
刻意
kè yì
  1. 1 meticulous
  2. 2 painstaking
  3. 3 deliberate
刚好
gāng hǎo
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 exactly
  3. 3 to happen to be
创意
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
反思
fǎn sī
  1. 1 to think back over sth
  2. 2 to review
  3. 3 to revisit
  4. 4 to rethink
  5. 5 reflection
  6. 6 reassessment
只好
zhǐ hǎo
  1. 1 without any better option
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to be forced to
同意
tóng yì
  1. 1 to agree
  2. 2 to consent
  3. 3 to approve
在意
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind
天意
tiān yì
  1. 1 providence
  2. 2 the Will of Heaven
失意
shī yì
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 frustrated
好不容易
hǎo bù róng yì
  1. 1 with great difficulty
  2. 2 very difficult
好久
hǎo jiǔ
  1. 1 quite a while
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like
好像
hǎo xiàng
  1. 1 as if
  2. 2 to seem like
好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
好吃
hǎo chī
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 delicious

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不识好歹
bù shí hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 undiscriminating
做好做歹
zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
  1. 1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])

Sample Sentences

不好意思，这是我的位子。
bùhǎoyìsi ，zhè shì wǒ de wèizi 。
Excuse me, this is my seat.
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麻烦您了，真不好意思。
máfan nín le ，zhēn bùhǎoyìsi 。
Sorry for troubling you.
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怎么好意思。
zěnme hǎoyìsi 。
How could I let that happen?
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女孩儿又递给他两张票，说：不好意思，昨晚我不小心拿到错的票放进信封里了。那两张是我在上海的跳蚤市场淘到的古董，这两张才是这周六的门票，就这么巧，恰恰是一样的日期。
nǚháiēr yòu dì gěi tā liǎng zhāng piào ，shuō ：bùhǎoyìsi ，zuówǎn wǒ bù xiǎoxīn nádào cuò de piào fàngjìn xìnfēng lǐ le 。nà liǎng zhāng shì wǒ zài Shànghǎi de tiàozǎoshìchǎng táo dào de gǔdǒng ，zhè liǎng zhāng cái shì zhè zhōuliù de ménpiào ，jiù zhème qiǎo ，qiàqià shì yīyàng de rìqī 。
The girl gave him two tickets again, and she said, "Sorry, I put the wrong tickets into the envelope last night. Those are the antique I picked out at a flea market in Shanghai, and these two tickets are the ones for this Saturday. It's such a coincidence that they're the same date." She said.
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不好意思，请帮我拍照，好吗？
bùhǎoyìsi ，qǐng bāng wǒ pāizhào ，hǎo ma ？
Excuse me, is it okay for you to help me to take a picture?
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不好意思，他不在座位上。
bùhǎoyìsi ，tā bù zài zuòwèi shàng 。
Excuse me, he is not at his desk.
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不好意思，我迟到了。
bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ chídào le 。
Excuse me for being late.
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不好意思，让您久等了，真是失礼。
bùhǎoyìsi ，ràng nín jiǔděng le ，zhēnshì shīlǐ 。
Sorry to keep you waiting. I apologize for being rude.
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非常不好意思，我忘记预约会议室了。
fēicháng bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ wàngjì yùyuē huìyìshì le 。
I’m really sorry. I forgot to book the meeting room.
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非常不好意思，我忘记跟经理说今天的会议改期了。
fēicháng bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ wàngjì gēn jīnglǐ shuō jīntiān de huìyì gǎiqī le 。
I am really sorry. I forgot to inform the manager that today’s meeting was rescheduled.
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